Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 37, Number 1 (1982)- MN 37:1 (1982) 1–28The Japanese Mission to China, 801–806Robert Borgen
- MN 37:1 (1982) 26–28Appendix: Kūkai’s letter written for presentation by Kadonomaro to the Regional Commander (kuan-ch’a-shih) of Fu-chouKūkai, Translated by Robert Borgen
- MN 37:1 (1982) 29–39Beyond Byzantium: Aesthetic Pessimism in Mishima’s Modern Noh PlaysJohn K. Gillespie
- MN 37:1 (1982) 41–76The Kaneko Correspondence (Part 1)James Kanda and William A. Gifford
- MN 37:1 (1982) 55–76The Kaneko Correspondence (Part 1) (Translation)Kaneko Kentarō, Translated by James Kanda and William A. Gifford
- MN 37:1 (1982) 77–121A Tale of the Western Hills: Takebe Ayatari’s Nishiyama MonogatariBlake Morgan Young
- MN 37:1 (1982) 89–121A Tale of the Western HillsTakebe Ayatari, Translated by Blake Morgan Young
- MN 37:1 (1982) 123–26The Zen Poems of Ryōkan by Nobuyuki YuasaBurton Watson
- MN 37:1 (1982) 126–28Four Japanese Travel Diaries of the Middle Ages by Herbert Plutschow, Hideichi FukudaBlake Morgan Young
- MN 37:1 (1982) 129–30Some Final Words of Advice by Saikaku Ihara, Peter NoscoJames T. Araki
- MN 37:1 (1982) 130–33Warlords, Artists, and Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century by George Elison, Bardwell L. SmithRobert L. Backus
- MN 37:1 (1982) 134–36When The Twain Meet: The Rise of Western Medicine in Japan by John Z. BowersSusan Orpett Long
- MN 37:1 (1982) 136–38Shingū, A Study of a Japanese Fishing Community by Arne KallandEdward Norbeck