Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 49:3 (1994) 353–73Ōgai and the Problem of Fiction: Gan and Its AntecedentsStephen Snyder
MN 49:2 (1994) 197–227Santai Waka: Six Poems in Three Modes (Part 1)Translated by Roselee Bundy
MN 48:4 (1993) 469–88Kokoro and ‘the Spirit of Meiji’Isamu Fukuchi
MN 48:3 (1993) 359–80The Ōe ConversationsMarian Ury- MN 48:3 (1993) 366–80GōdanshōTranslated by Marian Ury
MN 48:2 (1993) 147–66The Stage Observed: Western Attitudes toward Japanese TheatreUry Eppstein- MN 48:2 (1993) 167–203Fushimi-in Nijūban Uta-awaseRobert N. Huey
- MN 48:2 (1993) 172–203Fushimi-in Nijūban Uta-awaseTranslated by Robert N. Huey
MN 48:1 (1993) 1–31The Invention of a Literary Tradition of Male Love: Kitamura Kigin’s IwatsutsujiPaul Gordon Schalow- MN 48:1 (1993) 10–31IwatsutsujiKitamura Kigin, Translated by Paul Gordon Schalow
- MN 48:1 (1993) 53–88How to Write a Noh Play: Zeami’s SandōShelley Fenno Quinn
- MN 48:1 (1993) 58–88Sandō: The Three Techniques of Noh CompositionZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Shelley Fenno Quinn
MN 47:4 (1992) 469–93Notable Tales Old and New: Tachibana Narisue’s Kokon ChomonjūYoshiko Kurata Dykstra- MN 47:4 (1992) 477–93Kokon ChomonjūTachibana Narisue, Translated by Yoshiko Kurata Dykstra
MN 47:3 (1992) 299–321Suki and Religious Awakening: Kamo no Chōmei’s HosshinshūRajyashree Pandey- MN 47:3 (1992) 304–21HosshinshūKamo no Chōmei, Translated by Rajyashree Pandey
- MN 47:3 (1992) 347–68Strange Fates: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Torikaebaya MonogatariGregory M. Pflugfelder
MN 47:2 (1992) 203–40Takasago: The Symbolism of the PineRichard A. Gardner- MN 47:2 (1992) 241–63Innocence and the Other World: The Tales of Miyazawa KenjiTakao Hagiwara
MN 47:1 (1992) 77–97Religious Authority and Ritual Puppetry: The Case of Dōkumbō DenkiJane Marie Law
MN 46:4 (1991) 453–81Shimazaki Tōson on WarSteve Rabson- MN 46:4 (1991) 513–541Mirroring SaikakuChristopher Drake
MN 46:3 (1991) 275–91Takamura MonogatariWard Geddes- MN 46:3 (1991) 280–91Takamura Monogatari: The Tale of TakamuraTranslated by Ward Geddes
MN 46:2 (1991) 147–71Twin Blossoms on a Single Branch: The Cycle of Retribution in OnnamenDoris G. Bargen
MN 46:1 (1991) 43–68Water Imagery in the Work of Izumi KyōkaCharles Shirō Inouye
MN 45:3 (1990) 261–84Honchō Bugei Shōden (Part 1)Hinatsu Shigetaka, Translated by John M. Rogers- MN 45:3 (1990) 285–306Tōkoku at MatsushimaMichael C. Brownstein
- MN 45:3 (1990) 303–306Reading Bashō at Matsushima: Matsushima ni oite Bashō-ō wo YomuTōkoku Kitamura, Translated by Michael C. Brownstein
MN 45:2 (1990) 157–88Poetic Apprenticeship: Fujiwara Teika’s Shogaku HyakushuRoselee Bundy
MN 45:1 (1990) 1–26The Consort and the Warrior: Yōkihi MonogatariMasako Nakagawa Graham- MN 45:1 (1990) 7–26Yōkihi MonogatariTranslated by Masako Nakagawa Graham
- MN 45:1 (1990) 39–74Ghostwriters and Literary Haunts: Subordinating Ethics to Art in Ugetsu MonogatariDennis Washburn
MN 44:4 (1989) 391–413The Nocturnal Muse: Ben no Naishi NikkiBen no Naishi, Translated by Shirley Yumiko Hulvey- MN 44:4 (1989) 461–83Caveat Viator: Advice to Travelers in the Edo PeriodConstantine Nomikos Vaporis
- MN 44:4 (1989) 469–83Ryokō YōjinshūYasumi Roan, Translated by Constantine Nomikos Vaporis
MN 44:3 (1989) 261–82Secrets in My Heart: The Poetry of Satō HaruoNobuko Miyama Ochner- MN 44:3 (1989) 283–307Sekkyō-bushiNobuko Ishii
- MN 44:3 (1989) 309–35The Playful Gloss: Rubi in Japanese LiteratureChieko Ariga
- MN 44:3 (1989) 337–45The Darkness at the Foot of the Lighthouse: Recent Research on ShishōsetsuIrmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
MN 44:2 (1989) 171–98Monogusa Tarō: From Rags to Riches and BeyondVirginia Skord Waters- MN 44:2 (1989) 186–98Lazy TarōMonogusa Tarō, Translated by Virginia Skord Waters
MN 44:1 (1989) 1–30A Neglected Chapter: Courtly Fiction of the Kamakura PeriodDonald Keene
MN 43:4 (1988) 391–416Fitful Slumbers: Nun Abutsu’s UtataneJohn R. Wallace- MN 43:4 (1988) 399–416Fitful Slumbers: UtataneAbutsu-Ni, Translated by John R. Wallace
- MN 43:4 (1988) 417–27Framing the Self: The Philosophical Dimensions of Human Nature in KokoroDavid Pollack
- MN 43:4 (1988) 455–63Incest and Rebirth in KojikiFuminobu Murakami
MN 43:3 (1988) 305–52A Web in the AirEdwin A. Cranston