Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 12:3/4 (1956) 320–21Luis Frois S.J., Kulturgegensätze Europa-Japan (1585). Kritische Ausgabe des portugiesischen Textes in der Biblioteca de la Académia de la Historia in Madrid by Luis Frois, Josef Franz SchütteM. Eder- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 321–22Western Enterprise in Far Eastern Economic Development. China and Japan by G. C. Allen, Audrey G. DonnithorneWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 322–23Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn by Oliver Statler, James MichenerJoseph P. Love
- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 323–24Kodansha Library of Japanese Art. No. 4: Yokoyama Taikan by Seiroku Noma, Meredith Weatherby; No. 5: Kitagawa Utamaro by Ichitaro Kondo, Charles S. Terry; No. 6: Tawaraya Sotatsu by Ichimatsu Tanaka, Elise Grilli; No. 7: Suzuki Harunobu by Ichitaro Kondo, Kaoru OgimiJoseph P. Love
- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 324–29Score of Gagaku. Japanese Classical Court Music by Sukehiro ShibaEta Harich-Schneider
- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 330–33Das Kokonchomonshu des Tachibana Narisue als Musikgeschichtliche Quelle by Hans EckardtEta Harich-Schneider
- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 333–34Contes de Pluie et de Lune by Ueda Akinari, René SieffertPaul Kiyoshi Kurata
- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 335–38T’ang-Yin-Pi-Shih.”Parallel Cases From Under the Peartree.” A 13th century manual of jurisprudence and detection by R. H. van GulikE. J. M. Kroker
MN 12:1/2 (1956) 1–11L’Apport spirituel de l’Extrême-Orient: Quelques réflexions personnellesPierre Teilhard de Chardin- MN 12:1/2 (1956) 13–49Far Eastern Monkey LoreU. A. Casal
- MN 12:1/2 (1956) 51–63Verwünschung in der altjapanischen KultspracheAnton Lämmerhirt
- MN 12:1/2 (1956) 65–103The World Conception of Chu Tao-sheng (Part 1)Walter Liebenthal
- MN 12:1/2 (1956) 105–19The Japanese Legal System 1945–1955: Changes in RetrospectSakae Wagatsuma
- MN 12:1/2 (1956) 121–56Kamo Mabuchis Erklärung des Norito zum Toshi-goi-no-matsuri (Part 1)Kamo no Mabuchi, Translated by Heinrich Dumoulin
- MN 12:1/2 (1956) 157–58Buddhist Meditation by Edward ConzeHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 12:1/2 (1956) 158–61Bungaku ni Arawaretaru Kokumin-Shisō no Kenkyū by Tsuda SōkichiHorst Hammitzsch
- MN 12:1/2 (1956) 161–64The Kagerō Nikki. Journal of a 10th Century Noblewoman by Edward SeidenstickerDonald Keene
- MN 12:1/2 (1956) 165Japan’s Decision to Surrender by Robert J. C. ButowWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 12:1/2 (1956) 164–65Understanding the Japanese Mind by James Clark MoloneyWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 12:1/2 (1956) 166–67Islamologia by Félix M. Pareja, Alesandro Bausani, Ludwig von HertlingHenri Bernard-Maitre
MN 11:4 (1956) 329–55The Tale of the Bamboo CutterTranslated by Donald Keene- MN 11:4 (1956) 356–96Gebet in der altjapanischen KultspracheAnton Lämmerhirt
- MN 11:4 (1956) 397–424Japanese Research on Buddhism Since the Meiji Period (Part 2)A. Hirakawa and E. B. Ceadel
- MN 11:4 (1956) 425–45The Characters [zhe], [zhi] … [ye] and [suo] (Part 2)J. L. Pierson
- MN 11:4 (1956) 448Asien und der Westen. by Maurice Zinkin; The United States and Asia by Lawrence H. BattistiniWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 11:4 (1956) 446–48Indiana University Conference on Oriental-Western Literary Relations by Horst Frenz, G. L. AndersonJoseph Roggendorf
- MN 11:4 (1956) 449Kōdansha Library of Japanese Art. No. 1: Katsushika Hokusai by Elise Grilli, Ichitarō Kondō; No. 2: Tōshūsai Sharaku by Ichitarō Kondō, Paul C. Blum; No. 3: Andō Hiroshige by Sei-ichirō Takahashi, Charles S. TerryFranz Scharfenberger
- MN 11:4 (1956) 449–50Zaibatsu Dissolution in Japan by T. A. BissonJules van Overmeeren
MN 11:3 (1955) 221–46Japanese Research on Buddhism Since the Meiji Period (Part 1)A. Hirakawa and E. B. Ceadel- MN 11:3 (1955) 247–67Untouchability in the Far EastHerbert Passin
- MN 11:3 (1955) 268–83Zwei Texte Kamo Mabuchis zur Wortkunde (Part 1)Kamo no Mabuchi, Translated by Heinrich Dumoulin
- MN 11:3 (1955) 284–316A Biography of Chu Tao-ShengWalter Liebenthal
- MN 11:3 (1955) 317–18A Selected List of Books and Articles on Japan in English, French and German by Hugh Borton, Serge Elisséeff, William W. Lockwood, John C. PelzelHans Müller
- MN 11:3 (1955) 318–20Chibetto Daizōkyō. The Tibetan Tripitaka by Sekai Kankō-KyōkaiSusumu Yamaguchi
- MN 11:3 (1955) 321–22Takayama Ukon und die Anfänge der Kirche in Japan by Johannes LauresHubert Cieslik
- MN 11:3 (1955) 322–23Tōkyō-To no Kyōdo-Geinō. (Volkskunet im Stadtgebiet von Tōkyō) by Miyao Shigeo, Honda YasujiKeikan Shinshi
- MN 11:3 (1955) 323–24The Landscape Painting of China and Japan by Hugo MunsterbergFranz Scharfenberger
- MN 11:3 (1955) 324–26Russia’s Japan Expedition of 1852–1855 by George Alexander LensenWilliam A. Laney
- MN 11:3 (1955) 326–27Science and Civilisation in China. Vol 1: Introductory Orientations by Joseph NeedhamWilhelm Schiffer
MN 11:2 (1955) 111–69Modern Japanese Creative PrintsOliver Statler- MN 11:2 (1955) 170–84Main Trends of Contemporary Japanese PhilosophyGino K. Piovesana
- MN 11:2 (1955) 185–94Revisions in the Rakuyōshū at the Time of Its Printing in 1598Joseph Koshimi Yamagiwa
- MN 11:2 (1955) 195–213The Earliest Sources of Chinese Music and Their Survival in JapanEta Harich-Schneider
- MN 11:2 (1955) 214Second Supplement to Kirishitan BunkoJohannes Laures
- MN 11:2 (1955) 215An Introduction to Japan by Herschel WebbWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 11:2 (1955) 215–16Kokugo-Kyōiku-Jiten by Shiraishi Taiji, Niima Shin’ichi, Hirota Eitarō, Matsumura AkiraHorst Hammitzsch
- MN 11:2 (1955) 216–17Gotō Juan. Ein Beitrag zur Missionsgeschichte Nordjapans by Hubert CieslikJohannes Laures
- MN 11:2 (1955) 218Religions in Japan: Buddhism, Shinto, Christianity. From the Report Prepared by the Religions and Cultural Resources Division, Civil Information and Education Section, General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers by William K. BunceWilhelm Schiffer