Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 32, Number 2 (1977)- MN 32:2 (1977) 125–52Last Testament in Exile: Yamaga Sokō’s Haisho ZampitsuShuzo Uenaka
- MN 32:2 (1977) 153–88Nishiki no Ura: An Instance of Censorship and the Structure of a SharebonPeter F. Kornicki
- MN 32:2 (1977) 189–210Miraculous Tales of the Lotus Sutra: The Dainihonkoku HokkegenkiYoshiko Kurata Dykstra
- MN 32:2 (1977) 211–24Shiga Naoya and the Literature of ExperienceStephen W. Kohl
- MN 32:2 (1977) 230–34Death and Divine Indifference in ‘Dwelling by the Moat’Edward Fowler
- MN 32:2 (1977) 235–43Recent Soviet Translations and Studies of Pre-Modern Japanese LiteratureE. Pinous
- MN 32:2 (1977) 245–46Worldly Mental Calculations. An Annotated Translation of Ihara Saikaku’s Seken munezan’yō by Ben BefuC. J. Dunn
- MN 32:2 (1977) 246–48The Psychological World of Natsume Sōseki by Takeo Doi, William J. TylerAlan Turney
- MN 32:2 (1977) 249The Family by Toson Shimazaki, Cecilia Segawa SeigleEdwin McClellan
- MN 32:2 (1977) 250–52A History of Japanese Lacquerwork by Beatrix von Ragué, Annie R. de WassermannLouise Allison Cort
- MN 32:2 (1977) 253–54An American Teacher in Early Meiji Japan by Edward R. BeauchampH. J. Jones
- MN 32:2 (1977) 254–58Dōgen Kigen-Mystical Realist by Hee-Jin Kim; Shōbōgenzō. The Eye and Treasury of the True Law. Volume I by Dōgen Zenji, Kōsen Nishiyama, John Stevens; Zen Master Dōgen. An Introduction with Selected Writings by Yūhō Yokoi, Daizen VictoriaHisao Inagaki
- MN 32:2 (1977) 258–59Shikinaisha Chōsa Hōkoku. Daijūikkan, Tōkaidō 6 by Takikawa MasajirōFelicia Gressitt Bock
- MN 32:2 (1977) 259–61The Japanese Legal System. Introductory Cases and Materials by Hideo Tanaka, Malcolm D. H. SmithLawrence Ward Beer
- MN 32:2 (1977) 261–62Three Decades in Shiwa. Economic Development and Social Change in a Japanese Farming Community by Mitsuru ShimpoGary D. Allinson
- MN 32:2 (1977) 263–65Arbeit, Freizeit und Familie in Japan. Eine Untersuchung der Lebensweise von Arbeitern und Angestellten in Grossbetrieben by Sepp LinhartBurghard Weghaus
- MN 32:2 (1977) 265–67Doctoral Dissertations on Asia. Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter 1975 by Frank Joseph Shulman; Doctoral Dissertations on Asia. Vol. 1, No. 2, Summer 1975 by Frank Joseph Shulman; Doctoral Dissertations on Japan and Korea, 1969–1974 by Frank Joseph ShulmanMichael Cooper