Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 35:1 (1980) 99–106Mori Ōgai: The State of the FieldYoshiyuki Nakai
MN 34:4 (1979) 409–47Cinderella and the Jesuits: An Otogizōshi Cycle as Christian LiteratureChieko Irie Mulhern- MN 34:4 (1979) 449–65Images of Exile and Pilgrimage: Zeami’s KintōshoSusan Matisoff
MN 34:3 (1979) 279–310Rags and Tatters: The Uzuragoromo of Yokoi YayūLawrence Rogers- MN 34:3 (1979) 292–310UzuragoromoYayū Yokoi, Translated by Lawrence Rogers
- MN 34:3 (1979) 333–67Pilgrimage to Dazaifu: Sogi’s Tsukushi no Michi no KiEileen Katō
- MN 34:3 (1979) 341–67Tsukushi no Michi no KiSōgi, Translated by Eileen Katō
MN 34:2 (1979) 155–68The Tale of the Mouse: Nezumi no SōshiTranslated by D. E. Mills- MN 34:2 (1979) 169–208Linked Verse at Imashinmei Shrine: Anegakōji Imashinmei Hyakuin, 1447Thomas W. Hare
- MN 34:2 (1979) 177–208Anegakōji Imashinmei HyakuinTranslated by Thomas W. Hare
- MN 34:2 (1979) 231–38The Year of Zeami’s Birth: A New Interpretation of Museki IsshiZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by P. G. O'Neill
MN 34:1 (1979) 1–20Tales of Samurai Honor: Saikaku’s Buke Giri MonogatariCaryl Callahan- MN 34:1 (1979) 7–20Buke Giri MonogatariIhara Saikaku, Translated by Caryl Callahan
- MN 34:1 (1979) 21–48Sōseki on Individualism: ‘Watakushi no Kojinshugi’Jay Rubin
- MN 34:1 (1979) 26–48Watakushi no Kojinshugi (My Individualism)Natsume Sōseki, Translated by Jay Rubin
MN 33:4 (1978) 407–39My Mother is Dying’: Saitō Mokichi’s ‘Shinitamau Haha’Amy Vladeck Heinrich- MN 33:4 (1978) 413–39Shinitamau Haha’ (My Mother is Dying)Mokichi Saitō, Translated by Amy Vladeck Heinrich
- MN 33:4 (1978) 441–59The Noh as Popular Theater: Miyamasu’s Youchi SogaLaurence R. Kominz
- MN 33:4 (1978) 447–59Youchi SogaMiyamasu, Translated by Laurence R. Kominz
- MN 33:4 (1978) 461–69Sōseki: A Tragic FatherYoko McClain
Monographs (1978) 1–120Fujiwara Teika’s Hundred-Poem Sequence of the Shōji Era, 1200Fujiwara no Teika, Translated by Robert H. Brower
MN 33:3 (1978) 241–83Three Poets at Yuyama: Sōgi and Yuyama Sangin Hyakuin, 1491 (Part 2)Steven D. Carter- MN 33:3 (1978) 255–83Yuyama Sangin HyakuinSōgi, Shōhaku and Sōchō, Translated by Steven D. Carter
- MN 33:3 (1978) 285–97A Feeling of Beauty: Natsume Sōseki’s IchiyaAlan Turney
- MN 33:3 (1978) 289–97Ichiya (One Night)Natsume Sōseki, Translated by Alan Turney
- MN 33:3 (1978) 299–332Zeami’s Kyūi: A Pedagogical Guide for Teachers of ActingMark J. Nearman
- MN 33:3 (1978) 307–32The Nine LevelsZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Mark J. Nearman
MN 33:2 (1978) 119–49Three Poets at Yuyama: Sōgi and Yuyama Sangin Hyakuin, 1491 (Part 1)Steven D. Carter- MN 33:2 (1978) 165–78Metamorphosis of a Deity: The Image of Hachiman in Yumi YawataRoss Bender
- MN 33:2 (1978) 170–78Yumi YawataZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Ross Bender
- MN 33:2 (1978) 179–200Jizō, the Most Merciful: Tales from Jizō Bosatsu ReigenkiYoshiko Kurata Dykstra
- MN 33:2 (1978) 191–200Jizō Bosatsu ReigenkiJitsuei, Translated by Yoshiko Kurata Dykstra
- MN 33:2 (1978) 201–205Gozan Literature: The Practice of Zen and the Pursuit of PoetryMartin Collcutt
MN 33:1 (1978) 1–36Yuriwaka and Ulysses: The Homeric Epics at the Court of Ōuchi YoshitakaJames T. Araki- MN 33:1 (1978) 67–112The Barren Years: Japanese War LiteratureDonald Keene
MN 32:4 (1977) 441–58Kintōsho: Zeami’s Song of ExileSusan Matisoff- MN 32:4 (1977) 445–58KintōshoZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Susan Matisoff
- MN 32:4 (1977) 485–94A World SurveyedWilliam F. Sibley
MN 32:3 (1977) 269–302Hail in the Begging Bowl: The Odyssey and Poetry of SantōkaJames Abrams- MN 32:3 (1977) 303–31Hachikazuki: A Muromachi Short StoryChigusa Steven
- MN 32:3 (1977) 315–31HachikazukiTranslated by Chigusa Steven
- MN 32:3 (1977) 332–46KinutaZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Eileen Katō
MN 32:2 (1977) 211–24Shiga Naoya and the Literature of ExperienceStephen W. Kohl- MN 32:2 (1977) 218–21ManazuruShiga Naoya, Translated by Stephen W. Kohl
- MN 32:2 (1977) 222–24The Ashen MoonShiga Naoya, Translated by Stephen W. Kohl
- MN 32:2 (1977) 225–34Dwelling by the MoatShiga Naoya, Translated by Edward Fowler
- MN 32:2 (1977) 230–34Death and Divine Indifference in ‘Dwelling by the Moat’Edward Fowler
- MN 32:2 (1977) 235–43Recent Soviet Translations and Studies of Pre-Modern Japanese LiteratureE. Pinous