Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 30:2 (1975) 121–50Konjaku Monogatari-shū: Toward an Understanding of Its Literary QualitiesW. Michael Kelsey- MN 30:2 (1975) 126–50Konjaku Monogatari-shūTranslated by W. Michael Kelsey
- MN 30:2 (1975) 151–76Maihime (The Dancing Girl)Mori Ōgai, Translated by Richard Bowring
- MN 30:2 (1975) 177–91Chu Shun-Shui, 1600–82: A Chinese Confucian Scholar in Tokugawa JapanJulia Ching
- MN 30:2 (1975) 193–201Crisis as Reinforcement of the Imperial Institution: The Case of the Jōkyū Incident, 1221John S. Brownlee
- MN 30:2 (1975) 203–10The Yasutoki-Myōe Discussion: A Translation from Togano-o Myōe Shōnin DenkiTranslated by Haruyo Lieteau
- MN 30:2 (1975) 211–12Medieval Japan. Essays in Institutional History by John W. Hall, Jeffrey P. MassJohn S. Brownlee
- MN 30:2 (1975) 212–16A Study of Samurai Income and Entrepreneurship. Quantitative Analyses of Economic and Social Aspects of the Samurai in Tokugawa and Meiji Japan by Kozo YamamuraCharles D. Sheldon
- MN 30:2 (1975) 217–18Taishō Demokurashii Ron by Mitani TaiichirōSharon A. Minichiello
- MN 30:2 (1975) 219–20Palace and Politics in Prewar Japan by David Anson TitusBen-Ami Shillony
- MN 30:2 (1975) 221–23The Allied Occupation of Japan, 1945–1952: An Annotated Bibliography of Western-Language Materials by Robert E. Ward, Frank Joseph Shulman, Masashi Nishihara, Mary Tobin EspeyGordon Mark Berger
- MN 30:2 (1975) 223–24The Lion’s Roar of Queen Śrimālā. A Buddhist Scripture on the Tathāgatagarbha Theory by Alex Wayman, Hideko WaymanPier P. Del Campana
- MN 30:2 (1975) 225Gods of Myth and Stone. Phallicism in Japanese Folk Religions by Michael CzajaThomas Immoos
- MN 30:2 (1975) 228–30Japanese Arts and the Tea Ceremony by Tatsusaburo Hayashiya, Masao Nakamura, Seizo Hayashiya, Joseph P. Macadam; Japanese Costume and Textile Arts by Seiroku Noma, Armins NikovskisMary Helen Mine
- MN 30:2 (1975) 230–31Meiji Western Painting by Minoru Harada, Akiko MurakataTokhi Kang
- MN 30:2 (1975) 231–32Reed Town, Japan. A Study in Community Power Structure and Political Change by Yasumasa KurodaGary D. Allinson
- MN 30:2 (1975) 232–33For Harmony and Strength. Japanese White-Collar Organization in Anthropological Perspective by Thomas P. RohlenRobert J. Ballon
- MN 30:2 (1975) 233–34Japanese Society Today by Tadashi FukutakeYoko Tokarz
- MN 30:2 (1975) 234–36Japanese-English Grammar Dictionary by Jiří JelínekCarl Steenstrup
- MN 30:2 (1975) 225–27The Kumiuta and Danmono Traditions of Japanese Koto Music by Willem AdriaanszUry Eppstein
MN 30:1 (1975) 1–18A Japanese Burlesque: Nise MonogatariJack Rucinski- MN 30:1 (1975) 7–18Nise MonogatariTranslated by Jack Rucinski
- MN 30:1 (1975) 19–35Nichiren and Nationalism: The Religious Patriotism of Tanaka ChigakuEdwin B. Lee
- MN 30:1 (1975) 37–68Soga Monogatari, Shintōshū and the Taketori Legend: The Nature and Significance of Parallels between the manabon Soga Monogatari and Shintōshū, with Particular Reference to a Parallel Variant of the Taketori LegendD. E. Mills
- MN 30:1 (1975) 69–85Japan’s First Modern Theater: The Tsukiji Shōgekijō and Its Company, 1924–26Brian Powell
- MN 30:1 (1975) 87–93A Note on the Hyakumantō DhāranīBrian Hickman
- MN 30:1 (1975) 95–96An Invitation to Japan’s Literature by Murakami Hyōye, Thomas J. HarperJames T. Araki
- MN 30:1 (1975) 96–98Modern Currents in Japanese Art by Michiaki Kawakita, Charles S. TerryJoseph P. Love
- MN 30:1 (1975) 98–100Toward a Modern Japanese Theatre: Kishida Kunio by J. Thomas RimerBrian Powell
- MN 30:1 (1975) 100–102Ozu by Donald RichieEdward D. Seidensticker
- MN 30:1 (1975) 102–103The Ancient Civilization of Japan by Vadime Elisseeff, James HogarthJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 30:1 (1975) 104–105The Life of Ogyū Sorai, a Tokugawa Confucian Philosopher by Olof G. LidinJos. M. Goedertier
- MN 30:1 (1975) 105–106Economic Institutional Change in Tokugawa Japan: Ōsaka and the Kinai Cotton Trade by William B. HauserV. Dixon Morris
- MN 30:1 (1975) 107–108Ōkuma Shigenobu: Statesman of Meiji Japan by Joyce C. LebraRoger F. Hackett
- MN 30:1 (1975) 109–10Japan in Crisis: Essays on Taishō Democracy by Bernard S. Silberman, H. D. HarootunianRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 30:1 (1975) 111–12Race to Pearl Harbor. The Failure of the Second London Naval Conference and the Onset of World War II by Stephen E. PelzIan Nish
- MN 30:1 (1975) 113–14A Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism: The Army and the Rural Community by Richard J. SmethurstThomas R. H. Havens
- MN 30:1 (1975) 115–16Sources of Japanese History by David LuH. Paul Varley
- MN 30:1 (1975) 116Japanese Research on Mass Communication: Selected Abstracts by Hidetoshi KatoJosé María de Vera
- MN 30:1 (1975) 117Emaki. Tokyo National MuseumJoseph P. Love
- MN 30:1 (1975) 117–19CorrespondenceEta Harich-Schneider and Willem Adriaansz
MN 29:4 (1974) 381–413Mori Ōgai’s Response to Suppression of Intellectual Freedom, 1909–12Helen M. Hopper- MN 29:4 (1974) 415–38The Selling of Japan: Japanese Manipulation of Western Opinion, 1900–1905Robert B. Valliant
- MN 29:4 (1974) 439–49FujitoTranslated by William Ritchie Wilson
- MN 29:4 (1974) 451–75Japan’s Young Prince: Konoe Fumimaro’s Early Political Career, 1916–1931Gordon Mark Berger
- MN 29:4 (1974) 477–80Xavier and TanegashimaDiego Pacheco
- MN 29:4 (1974) 481–83Lady Nijo’s Own Story. The Candid Diary of a Thirteenth-Century Japanese Imperial Concubine by Wilfred Whitehouse, Eizo YanagisawaMildred Tahara
- MN 29:4 (1974) 483–84Accomplices of Silence: The Modern Japanese Novel by Masao MiyoshiWilliam J. Currie