Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
- MN 37:4 (1982) 1982Kakyō: Zeami’s Fundamental Principles of Acting (Part 2)Zeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Mark J. Nearman
- MN 37:4 (1982) 413–36The Kaneko Correspondence (Part 4)Kaneko Kentarō, James Kanda and William A. Gifford
- MN 37:4 (1982) 437–57Voices in the Wilderness: Japanese Christian AuthorsVan C. Gessel
- MN 37:4 (1982) 497–521Trends in Modern Japanese Political History: The ‘Positivist’ StudiesGeorge Akita
- MN 37:4 (1982) 523–529Kings of Japan? The Political Authority of the Ashikaga ShogunsMartin Collcutt
- MN 37:4 (1982) 531–535Court and Bakufu in Japan: Essays in Kamakura History by Jeffrey P. MassCarl Steenstrup
- MN 37:4 (1982) 535–536Japan before Perry: A Short History by Conrad TotmanMarius B. Jansen
- MN 37:4 (1982) 536–537Kenkenroku: A Diplomatic Record of the Sino-Japanese War, 1894–1895 by Mutsu Munemitsu, Gordon Mark BergerLinda Grove
- MN 37:4 (1982) 538–541The Self-Made Man in Meiji Japanese Thought: From Samurai to Salary Man by Earl H. KinmonthAlbert M. Craig
- MN 37:4 (1982) 541–543Ōsugi Sakae, Anarchist in Taishō Japan: The Creativity of the Ego by Thomas A. StanleyStephen S. Large
- MN 37:4 (1982) 543–545Organized Workers and Socialist Politics in Interwar Japan by Stephen S. LargeGeorge Oakley Totten III
- MN 37:4 (1982) 545–547Politics and Culture in Wartime Japan by Ben-Ami ShillonyMark R. Peattie
- MN 37:4 (1982) 548–550A Diplomat’s Wife in Japan: Sketches at the Turn of the Century by Mary Crawford Fraser, Hugh CortazziMichael Cooper
- MN 37:4 (1982) 550–551Winds from the East: A Study in the Art of Manet, Degas, Monet and Whistler, 1856–86 by Jacques DufwaDavid Waterhouse
- MN 37:4 (1982) 551–554The Traditional Theater of Japan by Yoshinobu Inoura, Toshio KawatakeFrank T. Motofuji
- MN 37:4 (1982) 554–555Japanese Stencil Dyeing: Paste-Resist Techniques by Eisha Nakano, Barbara B. StephanFrances L. Blakemore