Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 31, Number 1 (1976)- MN 31:1 (1976) 1–27The Kenreimon’in Ukyō no Daibu Shū: Introduction and Partial TranslationJames G. Wagner
- MN 31:1 (1976) 29–49From Feudal Chieftain to Secular Monarch: The Development of Shogunal Power in Early Muromachi JapanKenneth A. Grossberg
- MN 31:1 (1976) 51–75Local Politics and National Integration: The Fukui Prefectural Assembly in the 1880sJames L. McClain
- MN 31:1 (1976) 77–85Japanese Literature: the Practice of TransferJames T. Araki
- MN 31:1 (1976) 87–95A Tale of the HeikeWilliam E. Naff
- MN 31:1 (1976) 97–98Tales of the Spring Rain: Harusame Monogatari by Ueda Akinari, Barry JackmanAnthony H. Chambers
- MN 31:1 (1976) 99–101The Status System and Social Organization of Satsuma. A Translation of the Shūmon Tefuda Aratame Jōmoku by Torao Haraguchi, Robert K. Sakai, Mitsugu Sakihara, Kazuko Yamada, Masato MatsuiMarius B. Jansen
- MN 31:1 (1976) 101–102The Development of Japanese Business, 1600–1973 by Johannes Hirschmeier, Tsunehiko YuiSydney Crawcour
- MN 31:1 (1976) 103–105Ishiwara Kanji and Japan’s Confrontation with the West by Mark R. PeattieRichard J. Smethurst
- MN 31:1 (1976) 105–106Images of Eighteenth-Century Japan. Ukiyoe Prints from the Sir Edmund Walker Collection by David WaterhouseJack Hillier
- MN 31:1 (1976) 107–108The Eagle and the Rising Sun: Americans and the New Religions of Japan by Robert S. Ellwood, Jr.Wilbur M. Fridell
- MN 31:1 (1976) 108–109Modern Japanese Organization and Decision-Making by Ezra F. VogelHerbert Glazer
- MN 31:1 (1976) 109–10The Troubled Encounter: The United States and Japan by Charles E. NeuGary Dean Best
- MN 31:1 (1976) 111–12Island of Dreams. Environmental Crisis in Japan by Norie Huddle, Michael Reich, Nahum StiskinDonald R. Thurston