The S-A Journal of Japanese History
The Samurai Archives Journal of Japanese History conforms to the Monumenta Nipponica stylesheet, with the following exceptions:

  • Authors retain the copright to their works, however the Journal retains the right to republish articles in any future anthology works.

  • Papers can be submitted via the internet by emailing an MS Word document to: journal [at] samurai-archives.com, Or by mailing a hard copy to:

    Samurai Archives
    Po Box 75253
    Honolulu, HI 96836

    Please be sure to include your email address in your cover letter if you choose to submit a hard copy of your paper. Also, please do not add your name, title, etc. to the header or footer of your articles, as they will be evaluated by the editors as anonymous submissions.

  • Footnotes are to be collected at the end of the article in an end notes section, above the bibliography. Footnotes are only required for further information necessary to supplement the text, for translations or quotes, or when noting the source is directly pertinent to the text. Footnotes are not required for every piece of information introduced to the text, except when necessary to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

  • Plagiarism is not tolerated. Please be careful when citing and quoting sources.

  • Please feel free to direct any questions to the email address listed above.