Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 24:4 (1969) 373–92General Grant’s 1879 Visit to JapanRichard T. Chang- MN 24:4 (1969) 393–401Some Aspects of Kokoro in ZeamiRichard B. Pilgrim
- MN 24:4 (1969) 403–14The Birth of The Japanese TheaterThomas Immoos
- MN 24:4 (1969) 426–44EbiraZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by William Ritchie Wilson
- MN 24:4 (1969) 444–65MichimoriIami, Translated by William Ritchie Wilson
- MN 24:4 (1969) 415–65Two Shuramono: Ebira and MichimoriWilliam Ritchie Wilson
- MN 24:4 (1969) 467–98Yōkyoku ni arawareta rinri shisō: Japanese Ethical Thought in the Noh Plays of the Muromachi PeriodWatsuji Tetsurō, Translated by David A. Dilworth
- MN 24:4 (1969) 499–505HyottokoAkutagawa Ryūnosuke, Translated by Paul McCarthy
- MN 24:4 (1969) 507–510Saru Kani Kassen (The Feud Between the Monkey and the Crab)Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, Translated by Thomas E. Swann
- MN 24:4 (1969) 511–518Chichi (The Father)Dazai Osamu, Translated by David J. Brudnoy and Kazuko Shimizu
- MN 24:4 (1969) 519–522Asa (Morning)Dazai Osamu, Translated by David J. Brudnoy and Yumiko Oka
- MN 24:4 (1969) 523–524Party Rivalry and Political Change in Taishō Japan by Peter DuusThomas T. Winant
- MN 24:4 (1969) 524–526Sōka Gakkai, Japan’s Militant Buddhists by Noah S. BrannenPier P. Del Campana
- MN 24:4 (1969) 527Books Received
MN 24:3 (1969) 211–17Kawabata Yasunari: Bridge-Builder to the WestFrancis H. Mathy- MN 24:3 (1969) 219–33Garakuta BunkoJames R. Morita
- MN 24:3 (1969) 235–47Available Japanese Folk TalesFanny Hagin Mayer
- MN 24:3 (1969) 249–58A Jōmon Site at NinomiyaCharles T. Keally
- MN 24:3 (1969) 259–72The Sources of English Liberal Concepts in Early Meiji JapanMikiso Hane
- MN 24:3 (1969) 273–88The Logic of The Species as DialecticsHajime Tanabe, Translated by David A. Dilworth and Taira Satō
- MN 24:3 (1969) 289–314Atemiya: A Translation from the Utsubo monogatariTranslated by Edwin A. Cranston
- MN 24:3 (1969) 315–25Shi (Death)Kunikida Doppo, Translated by Thomas E. Swann
- MN 24:3 (1969) 327–35Haha (Mother)Dazai Osamu, Translated by David J. Brudnoy and Yumiko Oka
- MN 24:3 (1969) 337–39I Can SpeakDazai Osamu, Translated by David J. Brudnoy and Kazuko Shimizu
- MN 24:3 (1969) 341–43Kojiki by Donald PhilippiJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 24:3 (1969) 343–46A History of the Development of Japanese Thought from 592 to 1868 by Nakamura HajimeJaime Barrera
- MN 24:3 (1969) 346–47Nihon Jōdo-kyō seiritsu-katei no kenkyū–Shinran no shisō to sono genryū (Development of the Jōdo Sect–Shinran’s Thought and its Origin) by Shigematsu AkihisaShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 24:3 (1969) 347–49Genji monogatari no Bukkyō-shisō (Buddhist Thought in the Tale of Genji) by Shigematsu NobuhiroShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 24:3 (1969) 350–51Books Received
MN 24:1/2 (1969) 1–19Some Thematic and Structural Features of the Genji MonogatariEarl Miner- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 21–29Three Tanka-Chains from the Private Collection of The Emperor Kōgon’inKōgon (Emperor), Translated by William Ritchie Wilson
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 31–45Sharebon: books for men of modeJames T. Araki
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 47–58Shigarami-ZōshiJames R. Morita
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 59–77The Shōkyū War and the Political Rise of the WarriorsJohn S. Brownlee
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 79–91Samurai Discontent and Social Mobility in the Late Tokugawa PeriodRay A. Moore
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 93–111The initial formations of ‘pure experience’ in Nishida Kitarō and William JamesDavid A. Dilworth
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 113–36Buddhism in Postwar Japan: A Critical SurveyMinoru Kiyota
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 137–68Philosophy in present-day JapanFrancisco Pérez Ruiz
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 169–79Sange (Fallen Flowers)Dazai Osamu, Translated by Thomas E. Swann
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 181–82Mangan (Fulfilment of a Vow)Dazai Osamu, Translated by David J. Brudnoy and Kazuko Shimizu
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 183–85Matsu (Waiting)Dazai Osamu, Translated by David J. Brudnoy and Kazuko Shimizu
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 187–88Japan’s Longest Day by Pacific War Research SocietyJohn Lynch
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 188–92Kindai Nihon shigaku-shi no kenkyū. Meiji hen (Studies on the Development of Modern Historical Science in Japan: Meiji Period) by Ozawa EiichiShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 192–93A Dictionary of Japanese History by Joseph M. GoedertierGino K. Piovesana
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 194–95The Japanese Imperial Institution in the Tokugawa Period by Herschel WebbHarold Bolitho
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 195–98Meiji zenki kyōiku-gyōseishi kenkyū (Studies on the History of Educational Policy in the Early Meiji Era) by Kaneko TerunoriShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 198–99Hara Kei in the Politics of Compromise, 1905–1915 by Tetsuo NajitaZoltán A. Bihari
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 199–20077 Samurai: Japan’s First Embassy to America by Lewis Bush, Itsurō HattoriWilliam A. Laney