Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 35:1 (1980) 1–19From Sakoku to Kaikoku: The Transformation of Foreign-Policy Attitudes, 1853–1868Conrad Totman
MN 34:4 (1979) 383–407The Bakufu Looks Abroad: The 1865 Mission to FranceMark D. Ericson- MN 34:4 (1979) 467–78Councillor Defended: Matsukage Nikki and Yanagisawa YoshiyasuBeatrice Bodart-Bailey
MN 34:3 (1979) 259–77The Echigo War, 1868Harold Bolitho
MN 34:2 (1979) 125–53The Hachiman Cult and the Dōkyō IncidentRoss Bender- MN 34:2 (1979) 209–30Thrift and Diligence: House Codes of Tokugawa Merchant FamiliesJ. Mark Ramseyer
- MN 34:2 (1979) 257Ō no Yasumaro
MN 34:1 (1979) 49–72The Way of the King: An Early Meiji Essay on GovernmentRichard Devine- MN 34:1 (1979) 73–99Ōyama Estate and Insei Land PoliciesElizabeth Sato
- MN 34:1 (1979) 101–12Michinaga’s Maladies: A Medical Report on Fujiwara no MichinagaG. Cameron Hurst
MN 33:4 (1978) 379–405Methods of Land Transfer in Medieval JapanJames Kanda
Monographs (1978) 1–120Fujiwara Teika’s Hundred-Poem Sequence of the Shōji Era, 1200Robert H. Brower
MN 33:2 (1978) 151–64The Kansei Reforms—Success or Failure?Isao Soranaka
MN 33:1 (1978) 37–50Opinion Revised: Hara Takashi’s Views on Local GovernmentRichard Staubitz
MN 32:4 (1977) 459–83The Organized Peasant: The Wakamonogumi in the Edo PeriodRichard E. Varner- MN 32:4 (1977) 495–514Aims and Achievement of the Meirokusha—Fact and FictionDavid Huish
MN 32:3 (1977) 347–64De Coningh on Deshima: Mijn Verblijf in Japan, 1856Huibert Paul- MN 32:3 (1977) 365–76Uji and Kabane in Ancient JapanCornelius J. Kiley
MN 32:2 (1977) 125–52Last Testament in Exile: Yamaga Sokō’s Haisho ZampitsuShuzo Uenaka- MN 32:2 (1977) 153–88Nishiki no Ura: An Instance of Censorship and the Structure of a SharebonPeter F. Kornicki
MN 32:1 (1977) 49–74Tea and Counsel: The Political Role of Sen RikyūBeatrice M. Bodart
MN 31:4 (1976) 393–413The Popularization of Samurai Values: A Sermon by Hosoi HeishūMargaret B. Dardess and Michiko Yamaguchi Aoki- MN 31:4 (1976) 417–30The Nippo JishoMichael Cooper
MN 31:1 (1976) 29–49From Feudal Chieftain to Secular Monarch: The Development of Shogunal Power in Early Muromachi JapanKenneth A. Grossberg- MN 31:1 (1976) 51–75Local Politics and National Integration: The Fukui Prefectural Assembly in the 1880sJames L. McClain
MN 30:4 (1975) 393–403Tokugawa Yoshinobu and Kōbugattai: A Study of Political InadequacyConrad Totman- MN 30:4 (1975) 405–22The Origins of the Sugawara: A History of the Haji FamilyRobert Borgen
- MN 30:4 (1975) 423–52Griffis in Japan: The Fukui Interlude, 1871Edward R. Beauchamp
Monographs (1975) 1–114101 Letters of Hideyoshi: The Private Correspondence of Toyotomi HideyoshiEdited by Adriana Boscaro, Translated by Adriana Boscaro
MN 30:3 (1975) 237–75East Meets East: The Soejima Mission to China, 1873Wayne C. McWilliams
MN 30:2 (1975) 177–91Chu Shun-Shui, 1600–82: A Chinese Confucian Scholar in Tokugawa JapanJulia Ching- MN 30:2 (1975) 193–201Crisis as Reinforcement of the Imperial Institution: The Case of the Jōkyū Incident, 1221John S. Brownlee
MN 30:1 (1975) 69–85Japan’s First Modern Theater: The Tsukiji Shōgekijō and Its Company, 1924–26Brian Powell
MN 29:4 (1974) 415–38The Selling of Japan: Japanese Manipulation of Western Opinion, 1900–1905Robert B. Valliant- MN 29:4 (1974) 451–75Japan’s Young Prince: Konoe Fumimaro’s Early Political Career, 1916–1931Gordon Mark Berger
MN 29:3 (1974) 283–303Hōjō Sōun’s Twenty-One Articles: The Code of Conduct of the Odawara HōjōCarl Steenstrup- MN 29:3 (1974) 305–27Bakumatsu Foreign EmployeesH. J. Jones
MN 29:2 (1974) 163–79Thunberg in Japan and His Flora Japonica in JapaneseRichard C. Rudolph- MN 29:2 (1974) 199–224The Early Liberal Thought of Tokutomi Sohō: Some Problems of Western Social Theory in Meiji JapanJohn D. Pierson
MN 29:1 (1974) 1–54The Case of Christovão FerreiraHubert Cieslik- MN 29:1 (1974) 83–91Nationalist Revolution in JapanMarlene J. Mayo
- MN 29:1 (1974) 93–102The Origins of JapaneseRoy Andrew Miller
MN 28:4 (1973) 427–46The Satsuma Rebellion of 1877: From Kagoshima Through the Siege of Kumamoto CastleJames H. Buck
Monographs (1973) 1–178The Phonology of Eighth-Century Japanese: A Reconstruction Based upon Written RecordsRoland A. Lange
Monographs (1973) 1–133The Teachings Essential for Rebirth: A Study of Genshin’s ŌjōyōshūAllan A. Andrews
Monographs (1973) 1–175The Feast of Kingship: Accession Ceremonies in Ancient JapanRobert S. Ellwood
Monographs (1973) 1–142Japanese Shrine Mergers 1906-12: State Shinto Moves to the GrassrootsWilbur M. Fridell
MN 28:3 (1973) 295–316The Imagawa Letter: A Muromachi Warrior’s Code of Conduct Which Became a Tokugawa SchoolbookCarl Steenstrup