Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 32:3 (1977) 377–87Martin on JapaneseGerald B. Mathias- MN 32:3 (1977) 389–92Modern Japanese Writers and the Nature of Literature by Makoto UedaMarleigh Grayer Ryan
- MN 32:3 (1977) 392–95The Kamakura Bakufu: A Study in Documents by Jeffrey P. MassCarl Steenstrup
- MN 32:3 (1977) 395–97Parties Out of Power in Japan, 1931–1941 by Gordon Mark BergerBen-Ami Shillony
- MN 32:3 (1977) 397–99The Drama of W. B. Yeats. Irish Myth and the Japanese Nō by Richard TaylorEileen Katō
- MN 32:3 (1977) 399–402Music of a Thousand Autumns. The Tōgaku Style of Japanese Court Music by Robert GarfiasTaeko Kusano
- MN 32:3 (1977) 403–404Dialogue in Art. Japan and the West by Chisaburoh F. YamadaPeter C. Swann
- MN 32:3 (1977) 404–406Japanese Patterns of Behavior by Takei Sugiyama LebraHarumi Befu
- MN 32:3 (1977) 407–10Toshokan. Libraries in Japanese Society by Theodore F. WelchEverett T. Moore
MN 32:2 (1977) 125–52Last Testament in Exile: Yamaga Sokō’s Haisho ZampitsuShuzo Uenaka- MN 32:2 (1977) 131–52Haisho ZampitsuYamaga Sokō, Translated by Shuzo Uenaka
- MN 32:2 (1977) 153–88Nishiki no Ura: An Instance of Censorship and the Structure of a SharebonPeter F. Kornicki
- MN 32:2 (1977) 167–88A Brothel in the Light of Day: The Other Side of the BrocadeSantō Kyōden, Translated by Peter F. Kornicki
- MN 32:2 (1977) 189–210Miraculous Tales of the Lotus Sutra: The Dainihonkoku HokkegenkiYoshiko Kurata Dykstra
- MN 32:2 (1977) 199–210Miraculous Tales of the Lotus SutraChingen, Translated by Yoshiko Kurata Dykstra
- MN 32:2 (1977) 211–24Shiga Naoya and the Literature of ExperienceStephen W. Kohl
- MN 32:2 (1977) 218–21ManazuruShiga Naoya, Translated by Stephen W. Kohl
- MN 32:2 (1977) 222–24The Ashen MoonShiga Naoya, Translated by Stephen W. Kohl
- MN 32:2 (1977) 225–34Dwelling by the MoatShiga Naoya, Translated by Edward Fowler
- MN 32:2 (1977) 230–34Death and Divine Indifference in ‘Dwelling by the Moat’Edward Fowler
- MN 32:2 (1977) 235–43Recent Soviet Translations and Studies of Pre-Modern Japanese LiteratureE. Pinous
- MN 32:2 (1977) 245–46Worldly Mental Calculations. An Annotated Translation of Ihara Saikaku’s Seken munezan’yō by Ben BefuC. J. Dunn
- MN 32:2 (1977) 246–48The Psychological World of Natsume Sōseki by Takeo Doi, William J. TylerAlan Turney
- MN 32:2 (1977) 249The Family by Toson Shimazaki, Cecilia Segawa SeigleEdwin McClellan
- MN 32:2 (1977) 250–52A History of Japanese Lacquerwork by Beatrix von Ragué, Annie R. de WassermannLouise Allison Cort
- MN 32:2 (1977) 253–54An American Teacher in Early Meiji Japan by Edward R. BeauchampH. J. Jones
- MN 32:2 (1977) 254–58Dōgen Kigen-Mystical Realist by Hee-Jin Kim; Shōbōgenzō. The Eye and Treasury of the True Law. Volume I by Dōgen Zenji, Kōsen Nishiyama, John Stevens; Zen Master Dōgen. An Introduction with Selected Writings by Yūhō Yokoi, Daizen VictoriaHisao Inagaki
- MN 32:2 (1977) 258–59Shikinaisha Chōsa Hōkoku. Daijūikkan, Tōkaidō 6 by Takikawa MasajirōFelicia Gressitt Bock
- MN 32:2 (1977) 259–61The Japanese Legal System. Introductory Cases and Materials by Hideo Tanaka, Malcolm D. H. SmithLawrence Ward Beer
- MN 32:2 (1977) 261–62Three Decades in Shiwa. Economic Development and Social Change in a Japanese Farming Community by Mitsuru ShimpoGary D. Allinson
- MN 32:2 (1977) 263–65Arbeit, Freizeit und Familie in Japan. Eine Untersuchung der Lebensweise von Arbeitern und Angestellten in Grossbetrieben by Sepp LinhartBurghard Weghaus
- MN 32:2 (1977) 265–67Doctoral Dissertations on Asia. Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter 1975 by Frank Joseph Shulman; Doctoral Dissertations on Asia. Vol. 1, No. 2, Summer 1975 by Frank Joseph Shulman; Doctoral Dissertations on Japan and Korea, 1969–1974 by Frank Joseph ShulmanMichael Cooper
MN 32:1 (1977) 1–34The Gokurakuji Letter: Hōjō Shigetoki’s Compendium of Political and Religious Ideas of Thirteenth-Century JapanCarl Steenstrup- MN 32:1 (1977) 7–34The Gokurakuji LetterHōjō Shigetoki, Translated by Carl Steenstrup
- MN 32:1 (1977) 35–48A Wisp of Smoke: Scent and Character in The Tale of GenjiAileen Gatten
- MN 32:1 (1977) 49–74Tea and Counsel: The Political Role of Sen RikyūBeatrice M. Bodart
- MN 32:1 (1977) 75–86Copious without Order, Energetick without Rules’: Dr Johnson and the Present State of Japanese: Reflections on the New Nihon Kokugo Dai-JitenShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 32:1 (1977) 87–91Salvation through SelfishnessKenneth Strong
- MN 32:1 (1977) 93–110The Seidensticker GenjiHelen C. McCullough
- MN 32:1 (1977) 111–12Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Literature by Sen’ichi HisamatsuKaren Brazell
- MN 32:1 (1977) 113–14Heian Temples. Byodo-in and Chuson-ji by Toshio Fukuyama, Ronald K. JonesMichio Yonekura
- MN 32:1 (1977) 114–15Enku, Master Carver by Grisha F. DotzenkoGeorge Komarovskii
- MN 32:1 (1977) 116–17The Silk Road and the Shoso-in by Ryoichi Hayashi, Robert RickettsJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 32:1 (1977) 118–19Japanese Ink Paintings by Yoshiaki Shimizu, Carolyn WheelwrightJoseph P. Love
- MN 32:1 (1977) 119–20Fernöstliche Kultur. Wolf Haenisch zugeeignet von seinem Marburger StudienkreisThomas Immoos
- MN 32:1 (1977) 120–23Women in Changing Japan by Joyce Lebra, Joy Paulson, Elizabeth PowersH. J. Jones
MN 31:4 (1976) 333–91Fujiwara Teika’s Hundred-Poem Sequence of the Shōji Era (Part 2)Translated by Robert H. Brower- MN 31:4 (1976) 393–413The Popularization of Samurai Values: A Sermon by Hosoi HeishūMargaret B. Dardess and Michiko Yamaguchi Aoki