Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 2, Number 1 (1939)- MN 2:1 (1939) 1–23Kangaku und Kokugaku: Ein Beitrag zur Geistesgeschichte der TokugawazeitHorst Hammitzsch
- MN 2:1 (1939) 24–39The Japanese verbal forms on -yuJ. L. Pierson
- MN 2:1 (1939) 40–74The Embassy of Captain Gonçalo de Siqueira de Souza to Japan in 1644–1647 (Part 1)C. R. Boxer
- MN 2:1 (1939) 75–99The Lore of the Chinese Lute: An Essay in Ch’in Ideology (Part 2)Robert Hans van Gulik
- MN 2:1 (1939) 87–99Selected TextsTranslated by Robert Hans van Gulik
- MN 2:1 (1939) 100–23Les Cartes du Japon. qui servaient de modèle aux cartographes européens au début des relations de l’Occident avec le JaponHiroshi Nakamura
- MN 2:1 (1939) 124–39Die alte Missionsbibliothek im Pei-t’ang zu PekingJohannes Laures
- MN 2:1 (1939) 140–64Die Entwicklung der Kokugaku. Dargestellt in ihren HauptvertreternHans Stolte, Heinrich Dumoulin and Wilhelm Schiffer
- MN 2:1 (1939) 165–92Kamo Mabuchi: Kokuikō. Gedanken über den “Sinn des Landes”Kamo Mabuchi, Translated by Heinrich Dumoulin
- MN 2:1 (1939) 193–211Motoori Norinaga: Naobi no Mitama. Geist der ErneuerungMotoori Norinaga, Translated by Hans Stolte
- MN 2:1 (1939) 212–36Hirata Atsutane: Taidō Wakumon. Es fragte einer nach dem Grossen Weg…Hirata Atsutane, Translated by Wilhelm Schiffer
- MN 2:1 (1939) 237–67Myōtei Mondō: Une apologétique chrétienne japonaise de 1605 (Part 2)Fucan Fabian, Edited by Pierre Humbertclaude
- MN 2:1 (1939) 268–75Hai-Yaso Anti-Jesus: Hayashi Razan’s antichristlicher Bericht über eine konfuzianisch-christliche Disputation aus dem Jahre 1606Hans Müller
- MN 2:1 (1939) 271–75Übersetzung des TextesHayashi Razan, Translated by Hans Müller
- MN 2:1 (1939) 276–80Demonologia nipponica l’oniSalvatore Mergé
- MN 2:1 (1939) 281–86E-FumiMario Marega
- MN 2:1 (1939) 287–90A Guide to old ManilaW. C. Repetti
- MN 2:1 (1939) 291–92Relics of three Jesuit Japanese Martyrs, John, Paul and James, Preserved in the Church “San Ignacio” at ManilaJuan de Bueras and Pedro Murillo Velarde
- MN 2:1 (1939) 293–300Some Recent Books on NōF. Hawley
- MN 2:1 (1939) 301–306Some Japanese Economic Writings of 1937Cabot Coville
- MN 2:1 (1939) 307–309A Collection of Nagasaki Colour Prints and Paintings showing the Influence of Chinese and European Art on that of Japan by N. H. N. ModyHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 2:1 (1939) 310–12Der Heldenbegriff im Schrifttum der Älteren Japanischen Geschichte by Walter DonatHerbert Zachert
- MN 2:1 (1939) 312–14Bibliographie de la Littérature Japonaise Contemporaine by Georges BonneauPierre Humbertclaude
- MN 2:1 (1939) 314–17Bibliographie von Japan 1933–1935 by Hans Praesent, Wolf HaenischHans Müller
- MN 2:1 (1939) 317–19Mi Fu on Ink-Stones by R. H. van GulikGeorge B. Sansom
- MN 2:1 (1939) 319–20Les Premiers Rapports de la Culture Europeenne avec la Civilization Japonaise by R. P. Henri BernardJohannes Laures
- MN 2:1 (1939) 320–22Grundriss der Ju-Lehre by Kitamura SawakichiWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 2:1 (1939) 322–24The Kurozumi Sect of Shintō by Charles William HepnerHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 2:1 (1939) 324Kyōgen Comic Interludes of Japan by Sakanishi-ShioF. H.
- MN 2:1 (1939) 325–271. Kanji-Cards. All the Chinese Characters in Tokuhon by The Japanese Language Institute; 2. An Easy Method to Learn Kanji. Complete Set of Chinese-Japanese Characters Used in the Japanese Primary School Readers. With 7000 compound words common in daily conversation by Mr. Oreste Vaccari, Mrs. Oreste Vaccari; 3. Chinese-Japanese Character Cards. Characters of Everyday Use Selected by Frequency of Occurrence. Series I (First 500) by Naoe Naganuma; 4. Die Wichtigsten Chinesischen Zeichen im Japanischen by Clemens ScharschmidtHans Müller
- MN 2:1 (1939) 327–28“Cinema Year Book of Japan” (1936–1937; 1938) by the “International Cinema Association of Japan” and the “Society for International Cultural Relations”Jules van Overmeeren
- MN 2:1 (1939) 328–30Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol III, number 2, July 1938Robert Hans van Gulik
- MN 2:1 (1939) 330Alpine Flowers of Japan by H. TakedaMax v. Küenburg
- MN 2:1 (1939) 331–32An Economic History of Japan by Takao Tsuchiya, Michitaro Shidehara, Neil Skene Smith, Kurt Singer; The Social and Economic History of Japan by Eijiro HonjoJ. B. Kraus