Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 27, Number 3 (1972)- MN 27:3 (1972) 245–51The Newly Discovered Takamatsuzuka TombJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 27:3 (1972) 253–71Notes on Japanese ToleranceWilbur M. Fridell
- MN 27:3 (1972) 273–341Five Stories by Kunikida DoppoJay Rubin
- MN 27:3 (1972) 343–44Japan From Prehistory to Modern Times by John Whitney HallRichard Storry
- MN 27:3 (1972) 344–45Historians and Meiji Statesmen by Richard ChangGrant K. Goodman
- MN 27:3 (1972) 346Erinnerungen aus der Christenheit von Ōmura. De algumas cousas que ainda se alembra o Pe Afonso de Lucena que pertencem a christandade de Ōmura by Josef Franz SchütteDiego Pacheco
- MN 27:3 (1972) 347–48The Zen Life by Koji Sato, Sosei Kuzunishi, Ryojun VictoriaJohn Eudes Bamberger
- MN 27:3 (1972) 348The Recorded Sayings of Layman P’ang by Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Yoshitaka Iriya, Dana R. FraserWilliam Johnston
- MN 27:3 (1972) 349Religious Life of the Japanese People by Anesaki Masaharu, Kishimoto HideoHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 27:3 (1972) 350–51Buddhism in Hawaii by Louise H. HunterMildred Tahara
- MN 27:3 (1972) 351–52Psychology of the Japanese People by Hiroshi Minami, Albert R. IkomaMaurice Bairy
- MN 27:3 (1972) 352–53Nihon ni okeru Hippocrates Sanbi by Ogata TomioShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 27:3 (1972) 354Tales of Moonlight and Rain, Japanese Gothic Tales by Uyeda Akinari, Kengi HamadaEdilberto N. Alegre
- MN 27:3 (1972) 355–56Traditional Domestic Architecture of Japan by Teiji Itoh, Richard L. GageEduardo J. Anzorena
- MN 27:3 (1972) 356–57Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan by E. Papinot; Nihongi. Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 by W. G. Aston; Japanese Homes and their Surroundings by Edward S. MorseMichael Cooper