Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 32, Number 4 (1977)- MN 32:4 (1977) 411–40Shakuhachi Zen: The Fukeshū and KomusōJames H. Sanford
- MN 32:4 (1977) 441–58Kintōsho: Zeami’s Song of ExileSusan Matisoff
- MN 32:4 (1977) 459–83The Organized Peasant: The Wakamonogumi in the Edo PeriodRichard E. Varner
- MN 32:4 (1977) 485–94A World SurveyedWilliam F. Sibley
- MN 32:4 (1977) 495–514Aims and Achievement of the Meirokusha—Fact and FictionDavid Huish
- MN 32:4 (1977) 515–524The Glory That Was AzuchiShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 32:4 (1977) 525–526Essays on Japanese Literature by Katsuhiko TakedaRichard Bowring
- MN 32:4 (1977) 527–529One Robe, One Bowl: The Zen Poetry of Ryōkan by John StevensJames Abrams
- MN 32:4 (1977) 529–530The True Story of the Siege of Kumamoto Castle by Takehiko Ideishi, James H. BuckSidney DeVere Brown
- MN 32:4 (1977) 530–531Power in the Pacific. The Origins of Naval Arms Limitation, 1914–22 by Roger DingmanIan Nish
- MN 32:4 (1977) 531–533Deterrent Diplomacy: Japan, Germany, and the USSR, 1935–1940 by James William MorleyRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 32:4 (1977) 533–534Japanese Marxist. A Portrait of Kawakami Hajime, 1879–1946 by Gail Lee BernsteinPatricia G. Steinhoff
- MN 32:4 (1977) 535–536The End of the War in Asia by Louis AllenAlvin D. Coox
- MN 32:4 (1977) 536–541Introduction to Japanese Law by Yoshiyuki Noda, Anthony H. AngeloDan Fenno Henderson
- MN 32:4 (1977) 541–543Das Dairi-shiki: Eine Studie zu seiner Entstehung und Wirkung by Michael Charlier; Die Stellung der Frau im Shintō: Eine religionsphänomenologische und- soziologische Untersuchung by Haruko OkanoFelicia Gressitt Bock
- MN 32:4 (1977) 543–545Études Choisies de Charles Haguenauer. Volume I: Japon, Études de Linguistique; Volume II: Japon, Études de Religion, d’Histoire et de LittératurePaul Rietsch
- MN 32:4 (1977) 546–547Guides to Japanese Culture. by Murakami Hyōe, Edward G. Seidensticker; Nihon Bunka Teiyō by Murakami HyōeGordon Daniels
- MN 32:4 (1977) 547–549The Study of Language in Japan. A Historical Survey by Toshio DoiRoland A. Lange
- MN 32:4 (1977) 549–552The National Atlas of Japan by The Japan Map CenterMichael Cooper
- MN 32:4 (1977) 553Recent Reprints