Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 33:3 (1978) 333–56The Genbunitchi Movement: Its Origin, Development, and ConclusionNanette Twine- MN 33:3 (1978) 357–59Kōda Rohan by Chieko Irie MulhernJames R. Morita
- MN 33:3 (1978) 359–60Genji Days by Edward G. SeidenstickerMarian Ury
- MN 33:3 (1978) 360–62Japan in the Muromachi Age by John Whitney Hall, Toyoda TakeshiHartmut O. Rotermund
- MN 33:3 (1978) 362–64A Discourse on Government: Nakae Chōmin and his Sansuijin Keirin Mondō by Margaret B. DardessBarbara J. Teters
- MN 33:3 (1978) 364–68Japanese Colonial Education in Taiwan, 1895–1945 by E. Patricia TsurumiEdward I-Te Chen
- MN 33:3 (1978) 368–70The Diplomacy of Japan 1894–1922. Volume I: Sino-Japanese War and Triple Intervention by Morinosuke KajimaSidney DeVere Brown
- MN 33:3 (1978) 370–72Valley of Darkness: The Japanese People and World War Two by Thomas R. H. HavensRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 33:3 (1978) 372–75Japanese Theatre by Thomas Immoos, Hugh Young; Studies in Kabuki, Its Acting, Music and Historical Context by James R. Brandon, William P. Malm, Donald ShivelyA. C. Scott
- MN 33:3 (1978) 375–76Japanese and the Japanese. Words in Culture by Takao Suzuki, Akira MiuraWillem A. Grootaers
- MN 33:3 (1978) 378Corrigendum: Japanese Prints and Western Painters
- MN 33:3 (1978) 376–78Shino and Oribe Ceramics by Ryōchi Fujioka, Samuel Crowell MorseJohanna Becker
MN 33:2 (1978) 119–49Three Poets at Yuyama: Sōgi and Yuyama Sangin Hyakuin, 1491 (Part 1)Steven D. Carter- MN 33:2 (1978) 151–64The Kansei Reforms—Success or Failure?Isao Soranaka
- MN 33:2 (1978) 170–78Yumi YawataZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Ross Bender
- MN 33:2 (1978) 165–78Metamorphosis of a Deity: The Image of Hachiman in Yumi YawataRoss Bender
- MN 33:2 (1978) 191–200Jizō Bosatsu ReigenkiJitsuei, Translated by Yoshiko Kurata Dykstra
- MN 33:2 (1978) 179–200Jizō, the Most Merciful: Tales from Jizō Bosatsu ReigenkiYoshiko Kurata Dykstra
- MN 33:2 (1978) 201–205Gozan Literature: The Practice of Zen and the Pursuit of PoetryMartin Collcutt
- MN 33:2 (1978) 207–14Japanese Prints Through Western EyesDavid Waterhouse
- MN 33:2 (1978) 215–16Sanshiro, A Novel by Natsume Sōseki, Jay RubinAlan Turney
- MN 33:2 (1978) 216–18The Burning Heart: Women Poets of Japan by Kenneth Rexroth, Ikuko AtsumiLeon M. Zolbrod
- MN 33:2 (1978) 218–20The Historical Literature of Mori Ōgai by David Dilworth, J. Thomas Rimer. Volume I: The Incident at Sakai and Other Stories; Volume II: Saiki Kōi and Other StoriesJames T. Araki
- MN 33:2 (1978) 221–22Contemporary Japanese Literature. An Anthology of Fiction, Film, and Other Writing Since 1945 by Howard HibbettBrian Powell
- MN 33:2 (1978) 222–23Japanese Foreign Policy, 1869–1942. Kasumigaseki to Miyakezaka by Ian NishGeorge Macklin Wilson
- MN 33:2 (1978) 224–26The Anatomy of a Small War: The Soviet-Japanese Struggle for Changkufeng/Khasan, 1938 by Alvin D. CooxJohn Hunter Boyle
- MN 33:2 (1978) 226–27Japanese-Trained Armies in Southeast Asia: Independence and Volunteer Forces in World War II by Joyce C. LebraAlvin D. Coox
- MN 33:2 (1978) 227–28Japanese Landlords: The Decline of a Rural Elite by Ann WaswoThomas R. H. Havens
- MN 33:2 (1978) 229–30Pure Land Buddhist Painting by Jōji Okazaki, Elizabeth ten GrotenhuisAlfred Bloom
- MN 33:2 (1978) 231–32Momoyama Decorative Painting by Tsugiyoshi Doi, Edna B. Crawford; Kanō Eitoku by Tsuneo Takeda, H. Mack Horton, Catherine KaputaFred H. Martinson
- MN 33:2 (1978) 232–34Japanese Portrait Sculpture by Hisashi Mōri, W. Chië IshibashiE. Dale Saunders
- MN 33:2 (1978) 234–37The Japanese Language in Contemporary Japan. Some Sociolinguistic Observations by Roy Andrew MillerMasanori Higa
- MN 33:2 (1978) 237–39Nihon Shoseki Sōmokuroku, ’77–’78. Set of two volumes. Shomei, Sakuin by Nihon Shoseki Shuppan Kyōkai; Doctoral Dissertations on Asia. An Annotated Bibliographical Journal of Current International Research. Vol. 2, No. 1 & 2 by Frank Joseph ShulmanMichael Cooper
MN 33:1 (1978) 1–36Yuriwaka and Ulysses: The Homeric Epics at the Court of Ōuchi YoshitakaJames T. Araki- MN 33:1 (1978) 37–50Opinion Revised: Hara Takashi’s Views on Local GovernmentRichard Staubitz
- MN 33:1 (1978) 51–65The Dilemma of Religious Power: Honganji and Hosokawa MasamotoMichael Solomon
- MN 33:1 (1978) 67–112The Barren Years: Japanese War LiteratureDonald Keene
- MN 33:1 (1978) 113–18The Muromachi Dono Gyōkō Okazari Ki: A Research NoteCarla M. Zainie
MN 32:4 (1977) 411–40Shakuhachi Zen: The Fukeshū and KomusōJames H. Sanford- MN 32:4 (1977) 553CorrespondenceLawrence Ward Beer
- MN 32:4 (1977) 445–58KintōshoZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Susan Matisoff
- MN 32:4 (1977) 441–58Kintōsho: Zeami’s Song of ExileSusan Matisoff
- MN 32:4 (1977) 459–83The Organized Peasant: The Wakamonogumi in the Edo PeriodRichard E. Varner
- MN 32:4 (1977) 485–94A World SurveyedWilliam F. Sibley
- MN 32:4 (1977) 495–514Aims and Achievement of the Meirokusha—Fact and FictionDavid Huish
- MN 32:4 (1977) 515–524The Glory That Was AzuchiShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 32:4 (1977) 525–526Essays on Japanese Literature by Katsuhiko TakedaRichard Bowring
- MN 32:4 (1977) 527–529One Robe, One Bowl: The Zen Poetry of Ryōkan by John StevensJames Abrams