Monumenta Nipponica Volume 15, Number 1/2, 1959
MN 15:1/2 (1959) 1–34+1Japanese Art Lacquers (Part 1)U. A. Casal- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 35–86P. Pedro Kasui (1587–1639): Der letzte japanische Jesuit der Tokugawa-ZeitHubert Cieslik
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 87–118Saikaku and Boccaccio: The Novella in Japan and ItalyRichard Lane
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 119–49A Biographical Study of Tz’ŭ-ênStanley Weinstein
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 150–75Textkritische Untersuchungen zum Daidōruijuhō (Part 4)Otto Karow
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 176–77A Copy of Bonifacii Christiani Pueri Institutio in CopenhagenJohn Peterson
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 178–81Ein portugiesischer Brief Takayama UkonsTranslated by Johannes Laures
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 182–83The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan: Comprehensive Index by I. I. Morris, Paul C. BlumEdward D. Seidensticker
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 183–84The Complete Journal of Townsend Harris, First American Consul and Minister to Japan by Mario Cosenza; Shades of the Past. Indiscreet Tales of Japan by Harold S. WilliamsWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 184–92Japanese Religion and Philosophy: A Guide to Japanese Reference and Research Materials by Donald Holzman, Motoyama YukihikoStanley Weinstein
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 192–94Der Zen-Weg by Eugen HerrigelHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 194–95Der Blumenweg. Eine Einführung in den Geist der japanischen Kunst des Blumenstellens by Gusty L. Herrigel; Cha-Dō-Der Tee-Weg. Eine Einführung in den Geist der japanischen Lehre vom Tee by Horst HammitzschHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 195–99Valignanos Missiongrundsätze für Japan by Josef Franz SchütteHubert Cieslik
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 199–200A Study of the Ise Monogatari. Vol. I: Introduction, Text and Translation by Frits Vos.’s-Gravenhage; Vol. II: Notes and Indices by Frits Vos. ‘s-GravenhageEdward D. Seidensticker
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 200–206Chinese Pictorial Art as Viewed by the Connoisseur by R. H. van GulikJoseph P. Love
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 206–207The Great Pulse. Japanese Midwifery and Obstetrics Through the Ages by Mary W. StandleeLucy S. Itō