Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 27, Number 4 (1972)- MN 27:4 (1972) 359–98The Dramatic Structure of Ataka, a Noh PlayKenneth Yasuda
- MN 27:4 (1972) 399–414What Happens in KinkakujiThomas E. Swann
- MN 27:4 (1972) 415–21An Introduction to the Private Correspondence of Toyotomi HideyoshiAdriana Boscaro
- MN 27:4 (1972) 423–33The Mechanics of the Macao-Nagasaki Silk TradeMichael Cooper
- MN 27:4 (1972) 435–54A Bridge of DreamsEdwin A. Cranston
- MN 27:4 (1972) 455–57Mon by Natsume Soseki, Francis MathyWilliam F. Sibley
- MN 27:4 (1972) 458–62The Tales of Ise by H. Jay HarrisEdward Seidensticker
- MN 27:4 (1972) 462–63The Waiting Years (Onnazaka) by Enchi Fumiko, John BesterFrancis Mathy
- MN 27:4 (1972) 463–67Japanese and the Other Altaic Languages by Roy Andrew Miller, Nicholas PoppeShichiro Murayama
- MN 27:4 (1972) 468–71Meiji Hyakunen ni Wataru Nippon no Milton-Kenkyū by Miyanishi MitsuoShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 27:4 (1972) 471–73Buyo, The Classical Dance by Masakatsu Gunji, Don Kenny, James R. BrandonTed T. Takaya
- MN 27:4 (1972) 474A History of Japanese Theater, I: Up to Noh and Kyogen by Inoura Yoshinobu; A History of Japanese Theater, II: Bunraku and Kabuki by Kawatake ToshioThomas Immoos
- MN 27:4 (1972) 475–76The Way of Tea by Rand Castile, Sen no SoshitsuSadamu Ohteru
- MN 27:4 (1972) 476–78Japanese Buddhism, A Critical Appraisal by Watanabe ShokoHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 27:4 (1972) 478–80Imperial Restoration in Medieval Japan by H. Paul VarleyKenneth A. Grossberg
- MN 27:4 (1972) 480–82Yamagata Aritomo in the Rise of Modern Japan, 1838–1922 by Roger F. HackettGordon Mark Berger
- MN 27:4 (1972) 482–83French Policy in Japan during the Closing years of the Tokugawa Regime by Meron MedziniBarbara J. Teters
- MN 27:4 (1972) 483–84The Allied Occupation of Japan 1945–1952 and Japanese Religions by William P. WoodwardBruno Bitter
- MN 27:4 (1972) 484–89The Pacific Rivals: A Japanese View of Japanese-American Relations by The Staff of the Asahi ShimbunRobert M. Spaulding