Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
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 57:3 (2002) 339–48“A” RevisitedRichard A. Gardner
- MN 57:3 (2002) 349–58The Ambiguous Legacy of Modern Japanese PhilosophyJohn C. Maraldo
MN 57:2 (2002) 207–27Shugendō: The State of the FieldGaynor Sekimori
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 55:3 (2000) 429–39Nativism RestoredJohn Breen
MN 54:4 (1999) 481–507From Conqueror of Evil to Devil King: Ryōgen and Notions of Ma in Medieval Japanese BuddhismHaruko Wakabayashi- MN 54:4 (1999) 509–520Itō Jinsai and the Meanings of WordsI. J. McMullen
MN 54:2 (1999) 247–58Approaches to Ogyū Sorai: Translation and TransculturalizationW. J. Boot
MN 54:1 (1999) 111–21State Shinto: An “Independent Religion”?Mark Teeuwen
MN 53:3 (1998) 375–81Medieval and Early Modern Shinto ReconsideredYūichirō Tajiri
MN 53:1 (1998) 45–71Philosophy and Inflation: Miki Kiyoshi in Weimar Germany, 1922–1924Michiko Yusa
MN 52:3 (1997) 295–325Poetry, Sake, and Acrimony: Arakida Hisaoyu and the Kokugaku MovementMark Teeuwen- MN 52:3 (1997) 357–80Severing the Karmic Ties that Bind: The “Divorce Temple” MantokujiDiana E. Wright
MN 51:3 (1996) 309–16Nishida and HearnMichiko Yusa- MN 51:3 (1996) 313–16Tanabe Ryūji, Koizumi YakumoKitarō Nishida, Translated by Michiko Yusa
MN 51:1 (1996) 1–15The Nature of the Kami: Ueda Akinari and Tandai Shōshin RokuSusanna Fessler- MN 51:1 (1996) 8–15Selections from Tandai Shōshin RokuAkinari Ueda, Translated by Susanna Fessler
- MN 51:1 (1996) 81–105The Nishida Enigma: ‘The Principle of the New World Order’Yoko Arisaka
- MN 51:1 (1996) 100–105The Principle of the New World Order: Sekai Shin-Chitsujo no GenriKitarō Nishida, Translated by Yoko Arisaka
MN 50:4 (1995) 537–550Nikolai of JapanEvgeny Steiner
MN 50:2 (1995) 171–88Mass or Matsuri?: The Oyashiki-sama Ceremony on IkitsukiStephen Turnbull
MN 49:2 (1994) 139–65The Political Thought of Nishida KitarōPierre Lavelle
MN 48:2 (1993) 225–45Attaining Union with the Gods: The Secret Books of Watarai ShintoMark Teeuwen
MN 47:4 (1992) 521–526Ineffable Words, Unmentionable DeedsT. Griffith Foulk
MN 47:3 (1992) 369–87Religion Concealed: The Kakure Kirishitan on NarushimaChristal Whelan
MN 47:2 (1992) 137–61Yuiitsu Shintō Myōbō Yōshū (Part 2)Yoshida Kanetomo, Translated by Allan G. Grapard
MN 47:1 (1992) 27–58The Shinto of Yoshida Kanetomo (Part 1)Allan G. Grapard
MN 46:4 (1991) 423–51Dharma Transmission in Sōtō Zen: Manzan Dōhaku’s Reform MovementWilliam M. Bodiford
MN 46:2 (1991) 203–209Nishida and the Question of NationalismMichiko Yusa
MN 46:1 (1991) 1–20The Abominable Tachikawa Skull RitualJames H. Sanford- MN 46:1 (1991) 21–41The Way of the Gods: Motoori Norinaga’s Naobi no MitamaSey Nishimura
- MN 46:1 (1991) 27–41Naobi no MitamaMotoori Norinaga, Translated by Sey Nishimura
MN 45:3 (1990) 307–37The Enthronement Rites: The Text of Engishiki, 927Translated by Felicia Gressitt Bock
MN 45:1 (1990) 27–38The Great Feast of the EnthronementFelicia Gressitt Bock
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 44:2 (1989) 151–69Not the Least Deserving: The Philosophes and the Religions of JapanJ. A. G. Roberts
MN 44:1 (1989) 31–44The Little-Lad Deity and the Dragon Princess: Jesus in a New World-Renewal MovementRichard Fox Young- MN 44:1 (1989) 75–97Modernism Minceur, or Is Japan Postmodern?David Pollack
MN 43:3 (1988) 353–62Nishida’s Final StatementValdo H. Viglielmo
MN 43:1 (1988) 35–61The Jeweled Comb-Box: Motoori Norinaga’s TamakushigeJohn S. Brownlee- MN 43:1 (1988) 45–61TamakushigeMotoori Norinaga, Translated by John S. Brownlee
- MN 43:1 (1988) 95–100Tribute to a Teacher: Uchimura Kanzō’s Letter to William Smith ClarkJanet E. Goff
MN 42:4 (1987) 449–55First Steps into the Mountains: Motoori Norinaga’s UiyamabumiSey Nishimura