Monumenta Nipponica Volume 32, Number 1, 1977
MN 32:1 (1977) 1–34The Gokurakuji Letter: Hōjō Shigetoki’s Compendium of Political and Religious Ideas of Thirteenth-Century JapanCarl Steenstrup- MN 32:1 (1977) 7–34The Gokurakuji LetterHōjō Shigetoki, Translated by Carl Steenstrup
- MN 32:1 (1977) 35–48A Wisp of Smoke: Scent and Character in The Tale of GenjiAileen Gatten
- MN 32:1 (1977) 49–74Tea and Counsel: The Political Role of Sen RikyūBeatrice M. Bodart
- MN 32:1 (1977) 75–86Copious without Order, Energetick without Rules’: Dr Johnson and the Present State of Japanese: Reflections on the New Nihon Kokugo Dai-JitenShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 32:1 (1977) 87–91Salvation through SelfishnessKenneth Strong
- MN 32:1 (1977) 93–110The Seidensticker GenjiHelen C. McCullough
- MN 32:1 (1977) 111–12Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Literature by Sen’ichi HisamatsuKaren Brazell
- MN 32:1 (1977) 113–14Heian Temples. Byodo-in and Chuson-ji by Toshio Fukuyama, Ronald K. JonesMichio Yonekura
- MN 32:1 (1977) 114–15Enku, Master Carver by Grisha F. DotzenkoGeorge Komarovskii
- MN 32:1 (1977) 116–17The Silk Road and the Shoso-in by Ryoichi Hayashi, Robert RickettsJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 32:1 (1977) 118–19Japanese Ink Paintings by Yoshiaki Shimizu, Carolyn WheelwrightJoseph P. Love
- MN 32:1 (1977) 119–20Fernöstliche Kultur. Wolf Haenisch zugeeignet von seinem Marburger StudienkreisThomas Immoos
- MN 32:1 (1977) 120–23Women in Changing Japan by Joyce Lebra, Joy Paulson, Elizabeth PowersH. J. Jones