Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 78:2 (2023) 189–221Traces of Truth: Chūgan Engetsu’s KonhōronBrendan Arkell Morley
MN 76:2 (2021) 329–61The Small Vehicle: The Construction of Hinayana and Japan’s Modern BuddhismStephan Kigensan Licha
MN 75:2 (2020) 205–39Visualizing Hungry Ghosts in Heian Japan: Gakizōshi Scrolls as “Translation”Haruko Wakabayashi
MN 74:1 (2019) 33–57War without Blood? The Literary Uses of a Taboo Fluid in Heike MonogatariVyjayanthi R. Selinger
MN 71:2 (2016) 263–93Mothers of the Buddhas: The Sutra on Transforming Women into Buddhas (Bussetsu Tennyo Jōbutsu Kyō) Heather Blair
MN 69:2 (2014) 153–219Localizing Strategies: Eison and the Shōtoku Taishi CultDavid Quinter- MN 69:2 (2014) 199–219Prince Shōtoku Ceremonial: Eison’s Shōtoku Taishi kōshikiEison, Translated by David Quinter
MN 67:2 (2012) 239–62Conflating Monastic and Imperial Lineage: The Retired Emperors’ Period ReformulatedMikael Bauer- MN 67:2 (2012) 263–82The Dōshu: Clerics at Work in Early Medieval Japanese MonasteriesMikael S. Adolphson
MN 65:2 (2010) 245–96The Karmic Origins of the Great Bright Miwa Deity: A Transformation of the Sacred Mountain in Premodern JapanAnna Andreeva
MN 64:2 (2009) 235–71Before the First Buddha: Medieval Japanese Cosmogony and the Quest for the Primeval KamiFabio Rambelli
MN 64:1 (2009) 83–125Clerical Demographics in the Edo-Meiji Transition: Shingon and Tōzanha Shugendō in Western SagamiBarbara Ambros
MN 63:1 (2008) 1–50The Inflatable, Collapsible Kingdom of Retribution: A Primer on Japanese Hell Imagery and ImaginationCaroline Hirasawa
MN 62:4 (2007) 437–79Creating Bodhisattvas: Eison, Hinin, and the “Living Mañjuśrī”David Quinter
MN 62:3 (2007) 299–321Shaka no Honji: Preaching, Intertextuality, and Popular HagiographyHank Glassman
MN 61:4 (2006) 437–57Fujiwara Seika and the Great LearningRichard Bowring
MN 61:3 (2006) 339–74The Hōryūji Treasures and Early Meiji Cultural PolicyHiroko T. McDermott
MN 60:2 (2005) 195–234Desire and Disgust: Meditations on the Impure Body in Medieval Japanese NarrativesRajyashree Pandey
MN 59:4 (2004) 493–524Edo-Period Tales of the Healing Jizō Bodhisattva: A Translation of “Enmei Jizōson Inkō Riyakuki”Duncan Ryūken Williams- MN 59:4 (2004) 525–533Paradigm Regained: Taking Syncretism SeriouslyD. Max Moerman
MN 59:2 (2004) 223–44Medieval Experience, Modern Visions: Women in BuddhismRajyashree Pandey
MN 59:1 (2004) 35–82Living Icons: “Reizō” Myths of the Saikoku Kannon PilgrimageMark MacWilliams
MN 57:3 (2002) 271–307Secret Buddhas: The Limits of Buddhist RepresentationFabio Rambelli
MN 56:3 (2001) 397–403Considering the Alchemy of RelicsMimi Hall Yiengpruksawan
MN 55:3 (2000) 327–68Shadows of Transgression: Heian and Kamakura Constructions of ProstitutionJanet R. Goodwin
MN 54:4 (1999) 481–507From Conqueror of Evil to Devil King: Ryōgen and Notions of Ma in Medieval Japanese BuddhismHaruko Wakabayashi
MN 52:3 (1997) 357–80Severing the Karmic Ties that Bind: The “Divorce Temple” MantokujiDiana E. Wright
MN 52:1 (1997) 59–84Sex, Lies, and the Illustrated Scroll: The Dōjōji Engi EmakiVirginia Skord Waters
MN 47:4 (1992) 521–526Ineffable Words, Unmentionable DeedsT. Griffith Foulk
MN 46:4 (1991) 423–51Dharma Transmission in Sōtō Zen: Manzan Dōhaku’s Reform MovementWilliam M. Bodiford
MN 46:1 (1991) 1–20The Abominable Tachikawa Skull RitualJames H. Sanford
MN 44:4 (1989) 485–93Tales of PietyMarian Ury
MN 44:2 (1989) 137–49Building Bridges and Saving Souls: The Fruits of Evangelism in Medieval JapanJanet R. Goodwin
MN 42:1 (1987) 25–55The Daruma-shū, Dōgen and Sōtō ZenBernard Faure
MN 41:3 (1986) 331–43From Inspiration to Institution: The Rise of Sectarian Identity in Jōdo ShinshūJames C. Dobbins
MN 41:2 (1986) 127–74Senjūshō: Buddhist Tales of RenunciationJean Moore
MN 41:1 (1986) 21–50Lotus in the Mountain, Mountain in the Lotus: Rokugō Kaizan Nimmon Daibosatsu HongiAllan G. Grapard
MN 40:4 (1985) 359–86Buddhist Temple Names in JapanDietrich Seckel
MN 40:3 (1985) 299–310The Prince and the Pauper: The Dynamics of a Shōtoku LegendSey Nishimura
MN 40:1 (1985) 39–67The Danka SystemKenneth A. Marcure
MN 39:4 (1984) 393–407The Lotus Lectures: Hokke Hakkō in the Heian PeriodWilla Jane Tanabe
MN 38:4 (1983) 409–12Kōbō Daishi and the Art of Esoteric BuddhismGeorge J. Tanabe
MN 38:3 (1983) 251–81Defend the Nation and Love the Truth’: Inoue Enryō and the Revival of Meiji BuddhismKathleen M. Staggs
MN 38:1 (1983) 73–84Shinran’s Faith and the Sacred Name of AmidaLuis O. Gómez
MN 36:4 (1981) 367–90Before Rikyū: Religious and Aesthetic Influences in the Early History of the Tea CeremonyTheodore M. Ludwig- MN 36:4 (1981) 463–68Zen in Medieval JapanH. Paul Varley
MN 36:1 (1981) 21–35Rennyo and Jōdo Shinshū Piety: The Yoshizaki YearsMinor L. Rogers- MN 36:1 (1981) 55–84Shugendō and the Yoshino-Kumano Pilgrimage: An Example of Mountain PilgrimagePaul L. Swanson