Monumenta Nipponica Volume 36, Number 1, 1981
MN 36:1 (1981) 1–20Otogi-zōshi and Nara-ehon: A Field of Study in FluxJames T. Araki- MN 36:1 (1981) 21–35Rennyo and Jōdo Shinshū Piety: The Yoshizaki YearsMinor Lee Rogers
- MN 36:1 (1981) 37–54Hirata Atsutane and Christian SourcesRichard Devine
- MN 36:1 (1981) 55–84Shugendō and the Yoshino-Kumano Pilgrimage: An Example of Mountain PilgrimagePaul L. Swanson
- MN 36:1 (1981) 85–92On Distinctions, Functions, and Hard Works to TranslateEarl Miner
- MN 36:1 (1981) 93–94The Tale of Nezame: Part Three of Yowa no Nezame Monogatari by Carol HochstedlerJennifer Brewster
- MN 36:1 (1981) 95–97Chieko and Other Poems of Takamura Kōtarō by Hiroaki SatoDennis Keene
- MN 36:1 (1981) 97–99Kaneko Mitsuharu by James R. MoritaJames A. O’Brien
- MN 36:1 (1981) 99–101Tanaka Giichi and Japan’s China Policy by William F. MortonIan Nish
- MN 36:1 (1981) 101–102The Diplomacy of Japan, 1894–1922. Volume III: First World War, Paris Peace Conference, Washington Conference by Morinosuke KajimaHilary Conroy
- MN 36:1 (1981) 103–105Japanese Ink Painting: Early Zen Masterpieces by Hiroshi Kanazawa, Barbara FordMoney Hickman
- MN 36:1 (1981) 105–107Geschichte de japanischen Religion. Volume 1: Die alte Landersreligion. Volume 2: Japan mit und unter dem Buddhismus by Matthias EderArcadio Schwade
- MN 36:1 (1981) 107–109Zen Enlightenment: Origins and Meaning by Heinrich Dumoulin, John C. MaraldoJoseph M. Kitagawa
- MN 36:1 (1981) 109–10Timeless Spring: A Soto Zen Anthology by Thomas ClearyAlfred Bloom
- MN 36:1 (1981) 110–11The Quiet Therapies: Japanese Pathways to Personal Growth by David K. ReynoldsChristie W. Kiefer
- MN 36:1 (1981) 111–12Learning from Shogun: Japanese History and Western Fantasy by Henry SmithMichael Cooper