Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 15:3/4 (1959) 380–414Die Kirche von ChikugoJohannes Laures- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 415–23Rōei: The Medieval Court Songs of Japan (Part 4)Translated by Eta Harich-Schneider
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 425–40Das Buch Genjōkōan: Aus dem Shōbōgenzō des Zen-Meisters DōgenHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 432–40Das Buch GenjōkōanDōgen, Translated by Heinrich Dumoulin
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 441The Transactions of the Asiatic Society. Third Series, Vol. 7 by The Asiatic Society of JapanWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 447Tōnan Ajia-Shi Kenkyū I (Studies in the History of Southeast Asia) by Sugimoto NaojirōWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 451–56The Making of the Meiji Constitution. The Oligarchs and the Constitutional Development of Japan, 1868–1891 by George M. BeckmannTsugio Fujita
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 456–59Fremde Einflüsse im Modernen Japanischen Recht by Wilhelm RöhlIwao Hoshii
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 459–60Leftwing Social Movements in Japan: An Annotated Bibliography by Cecil H. UyeharaD. C. S. Sissons
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 460–61A History of the Catholic Church in Japan. From its Beginning to the Early Meiji Period (1549–1873) by Joseph JennesHubert Cieslik
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 461–63Zen: Geschichte und Gestalt by Heinrich DumoulinHajime Nakamura
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 463–64Geschichte der Chinesischen Literatur by Eugen FeifelWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 464–66Japanese Lacquer Ware by Tomio YoshinoU. A. Casal
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 466–68Japanese Prints, from the Early Masters to the Modern by James A. Michener, Richard LaneJoseph P. Love
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 468–70Hiroshige by Walter Exner, Werner SpeiserJoseph P. Love
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 470–71Japanese Music and Musical Instruments by William P. MalmRobert Garfias
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 472–74The Japanese Names of the Morse & The Narwhal by Frank HawleyRichard C. Rudolph
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 447–51The Agrarian Origins of Modern Japan. by Thomas C. Smith; Village Japan by Richard K. Beardsley, John W. Hall, Robert E. Ward; Japanese Popular Culture by Hidetoshi KatōJohn O'Malley
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 441–46Prehistoric China by Chêng Tê-k’unJ. Maringer
MN 15:1/2 (1959) 1–34+1Japanese Art Lacquers (Part 1)U. A. Casal- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 35–86P. Pedro Kasui (1587–1639): Der letzte japanische Jesuit der Tokugawa-ZeitHubert Cieslik
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 87–118Saikaku and Boccaccio: The Novella in Japan and ItalyRichard Lane
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 119–49A Biographical Study of Tz’ŭ-ênStanley Weinstein
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 150–75Textkritische Untersuchungen zum Daidōruijuhō (Part 4)Otto Karow
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 176–77A Copy of Bonifacii Christiani Pueri Institutio in CopenhagenJohn Peterson
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 178–81Ein portugiesischer Brief Takayama UkonsTranslated by Johannes Laures
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 182–83The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan: Comprehensive Index by I. I. Morris, Paul C. BlumEdward D. Seidensticker
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 183–84The Complete Journal of Townsend Harris, First American Consul and Minister to Japan by Mario Cosenza; Shades of the Past. Indiscreet Tales of Japan by Harold S. WilliamsWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 184–92Japanese Religion and Philosophy: A Guide to Japanese Reference and Research Materials by Donald Holzman, Motoyama YukihikoStanley Weinstein
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 192–94Der Zen-Weg by Eugen HerrigelHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 194–95Der Blumenweg. Eine Einführung in den Geist der japanischen Kunst des Blumenstellens by Gusty L. Herrigel; Cha-Dō-Der Tee-Weg. Eine Einführung in den Geist der japanischen Lehre vom Tee by Horst HammitzschHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 195–99Valignanos Missiongrundsätze für Japan by Josef Franz SchütteHubert Cieslik
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 199–200A Study of the Ise Monogatari. Vol. I: Introduction, Text and Translation by Frits Vos.’s-Gravenhage; Vol. II: Notes and Indices by Frits Vos. ‘s-GravenhageEdward D. Seidensticker
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 200–206Chinese Pictorial Art as Viewed by the Connoisseur by R. H. van GulikJoseph P. Love
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 206–207The Great Pulse. Japanese Midwifery and Obstetrics Through the Ages by Mary W. StandleeLucy S. Itō
MN 14:3/4 (1958) 247–76A Dialect-geographical Study of the Japanese Accents in Chiba PrefectureWillem A. Grootaers- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 277–318Some Features of the Japanese Way of ThinkingHajime Nakamura
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 319–55Rōei: The Medieval Court Songs of Japan (Part 3)Eta Harich-Schneider
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 356–70The Implications of Sōseki’s KokoroEdwin McClellan
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 371–83Saikaku’s Contemporaries and Followers: The Ukiyo-zōshi 1680–1780Richard Lane
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 384–407Some Notes on the God Susa-no-oCornelius Ouwehand
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 408–28The Special Kasuga Wakamiya Festival of 1349Translated by P. G. O'Neill
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 429–36Allgemeine Lehren zur Förderung des Zazen von Zen-Meister DōgenDōgen, Translated by Heinrich Dumoulin
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 437–39Tell Me About Japan. by Japan Travel Bureau; Show Me Japan by Japan Travel Bureau; History of Japan by Saburō Ienaga; Tales of the Foreign Settlements in Japan by Harold S. Williams; Japan: Theme and Variations. A Collection of Poems by Americans. by Charles E. Tuttle; The Location of Yamatai. A Case Study in Japanese Historiography 720–1945 by John Young; Sources of the Japanese Tradition by Ryūsaku Tsunoda, Wm. Theodore de Bary, Donald KeeneLucy S. Itō
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 439–41Nihon Minkan-Shinkō-Ron (Japanischer Volksglaube) by Sakurai TokutarōHisako Kamata
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 441–42Sosen-Sūhai, Minzoku to Rekishi. (Japanischer Ahnenkult: Brauchtum und Geschichte) by Takeda ChōshūSaburō Katō
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 442–44Das Kegon Sūtra-Eine Einführung by Torakazu DoiHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 444–45Buddhist Wisdom Books: The Diamond Sūtra and the Heart Sūtra by Edward ConzeHeinrich Dumoulin