Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 77:1 (2022) 27–75Jesuit Printing and Hiragana BooksTakahiro Sasaki- MN 77:1 (2022) 77–107Sacred Noh at Kanda MyōjinGerald Groemer
MN 76:2 (2021) 291–328Edo Castle as a Consumer: Procuring Fish for the Shogun’s TableYūjirō Ōguchi
MN 75:2 (2020) 281–315Childbirth in Japan circa 1700: Gleanings from the Diary of Yamamoto HeizaemonMichael Burtscher and Fuyuhiko Yokota
MN 75:1 (2020) 45–89The Author as Protagonist: Professionalizing the Craft of the Kusazōshi WriterDavid C. Atherton
MN 74:1 (2019) 59–84The Poetics of Nativism: Motoori Norinaga and the Sacralization of Japanese LiteratureEmi Foulk Bushelle
MN 72:1 (2017) 1–30Shifting Perspectives on the Shogunate’s Last Years: Gountei Sadahide’s Bird’s-Eye View Landscape PrintsFumiko Sugimoto and Michael Burtscher
MN 70:2 (2015) 237–83104 Voices from Christian Nagasaki: Document of the Rosario Brotherhood of Nagasaki with the Signatures of Its Members (February 1622) : An Analysis and TranslationReinier H. Hesselink- MN 70:2 (2015) 267–83Document of the Rosario Brotherhood of Nagasaki with the Signatures of Its MembersReinier H. Hesselink, Translated by Reinier H. Hesselink
MN 70:1 (2015) 83–122Shipwrecks and Flotsam: The Foreign World in Edo-Period TosaLuke S. Roberts
MN 69:1 (2014) 55–101Benevolence, Charity, and Duty: Urban Relief and Domain Society during the Tenmei FamineMaren Ehlers
MN 68:2 (2013) 207–31Commemorating Failure: The Four Hundredth Anniversary of England’s Trading Outpost in JapanAdam Clulow
MN 68:1 (2013) 1–36Rewriting Murasaki: Vernacular Translation and the Reception of Genji Monogatari during the Tokugawa PeriodRebekah Clements
MN 67:1 (2012) 1–27Not Just Words: Shogunal Politics and the Daijōsai in Mori Ōgai’s “Saigo no ikku”Doris G. Bargen- MN 67:1 (2012) 29–73Literary Accounts of the Decline of SenbaRichard Torrance
MN 66:2 (2011) 209–46The End of the “World”: Tsuruya Nanboku IV’s Female Ghosts and Late-Tokugawa KabukiSatoko Shimazaki
MN 66:1 (2011) 49–97Oguri: An Early Edo Tale of Suffering, Resurrection, Revenge, and DeificationSusan Matisoff- MN 66:1 (2011) 59–97OguriTranslated by Susan Matisoff
- MN 66:1 (2011) 99–122King Willem II’s 1844 Letter to the Shogun: “Recommendation to Open the Country”Adam Clulow and Fuyuko Matsukata
MN 65:2 (2010) 297–356Kanazōshi Revisited: The Beginnings of Japanese Popular Literature in PrintLaura Moretti
MN 65:1 (2010) 1–35From Global Entrepôt to Early Modern Domain: Hirado, 1609–1641Adam Clulow- MN 65:1 (2010) 149–95Confucianism, Christianity, and Heterodoxy in Tokugawa JapanJames McMullen
MN 63:2 (2008) 265–81Interview with Two Ladies of the Ōoku: A Translation from Kyūji ShimonrokuAnna Beerens
MN 62:1 (2007) 97–105New Books for OldPeter F. Kornicki
MN 61:1 (2006) 93–103Networking for Pleasure and ProfitAnne Walthall
MN 60:4 (2005) 515–523A New Guide to an Old SourceReinier H. Hesselink
MN 60:3 (2005) 297–338War and Injury: The Emergence of Wound Medicine in Medieval JapanAndrew Edmund Goble
MN 60:2 (2005) 147–93Unsuitable Books for Women?: Genji Monogatari and Ise Monogatari in Late Seventeenth-Century JapanPeter F. Kornicki
MN 60:1 (2005) 1–41“Washing Off the Dust”: Baths and Bathing in Late Medieval JapanLee A. Butler
MN 59:4 (2004) 463–92Slavery in Medieval JapanThomas Nelson
MN 59:3 (2004) 285–319Cultured Travelers and Consumer Tourists in Edo-Period SagamiLaura Nenzi
MN 59:1 (2004) 1–34Visions of the Dead: Kano Tan’yū’s Paintings of Tokugawa Iemitsu’s DreamsKaren M. Gerhart
MN 58:3 (2003) 293–315Confucian Perspectives on the Akō Revenge: Law and Moral AgencyJames McMullen
MN 58:2 (2003) 149–70The Akō Incident, 1701–1703Masahide Bitō and Henry D. Smith II
MN 58:1 (2003) 1–42The Capacity of Chūshingura: Three Hundred Years of ChūshinguraHenry D. Smith II
MN 56:3 (2001) 349–80The Guild of the Blind in Tokugawa JapanGerald Groemer- MN 56:3 (2001) 381–95Literacy Revisited: Some Reflections on Richard Rubinger’s FindingsPeter F. Kornicki
MN 56:1 (2001) 1–38Tadano Makuzu and Her Hitori KangaeBettina Gramlich-Oka
MN 55:4 (2000) 483–508Kano Tan’yū and Hōrin Jōshō: Patronage and Artistic PracticeKaren M. Gerhart- MN 55:4 (2000) 579–591Julius Klaproth and His WorksPeter F. Kornicki
MN 55:3 (2000) 369–98Interview with a Bakumatsu Official: A Translation from Kyūji Shimonroku (Part 1)Anna Beerens
MN 55:2 (2000) 199–224The Pleasure Quarters of Edo and Nanjing as Metaphor: The Records of Yu Huai and Narushima RyūhokuEmanuel Pastreich
MN 55:1 (2000) 45–81Elegance, Prosperity, Crisis: Three Generations of Tokugawa Village ElitesBrian W. Platt
MN 54:4 (1999) 509–520Itō Jinsai and the Meanings of WordsI. J. McMullen
MN 53:3 (1998) 335–58Tokugawa Translations of Dutch Legal TextsF. B. Verwayen
MN 53:2 (1998) 197–223Abandoned Fields: Negotiating Taxes in the Bakufu DomainPatricia Sippel- MN 53:2 (1998) 257–63The Context of Everyday ThingsOsamu Saitō
MN 53:1 (1998) 73–104Digging for Edo: Archaeology and Japan’s Premodern Urban PastConstantine N. Vaporis