Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 38, Number 3 (1983)- MN 38:3 (1983) 221–49Bunshō Sōshi: The Tale of Bunshō, the SaltmakerTranslated by James T. Araki
- MN 38:3 (1983) 251–81Defend the Nation and Love the Truth’: Inoue Enryō and the Revival of Meiji BuddhismKathleen M. Staggs
- MN 38:3 (1983) 283–94National Morality and Universal Ethics: Ōnishi Hajime and the Imperial Rescript on EducationSharon H. Nolte
- MN 38:3 (1983) 289–94The Imperial Rescript on Education and Ethical TheoryHajime Ōnishi, Translated by Sharon H. Nolte
- MN 38:3 (1983) 295–312Sakuragawa: Cherry River —441Robert N. Huey
- MN 38:3 (1983) 299–312Sakuragawa: Cherry RiverZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Robert N. Huey
- MN 38:3 (1983) 313–19Keeping Up With the Past: New Discoveries Enrich Our Views of HistoryJoan R. Piggott
- MN 38:3 (1983) 321–23The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot by Junichirō Tanizaki, Anthony H. ChambersPaul McCarthy
- MN 38:3 (1983) 324–25Masaoka Shiki by Janine BeichmanJames R. Morita
- MN 38:3 (1983) 326–28Kinoshita Yūji by Robert EppSteve Rabson
- MN 38:3 (1983) 329–30Rabbits, Crabs, Etc.: Stories by Japanese Women by Phyllis BirnbaumChieko Irie Mulhern
- MN 38:3 (1983) 331–33The Genetic Relationship of the Ainu Language by James PatrieHans A. Dettmer
- MN 38:3 (1983) 333–38Japan’s Modern Myth: The Language and Beyond by Roy Andrew MillerLouis Allen
- MN 38:3 (1983) 338–41Kanazawa: A Seventeenth-Century Japanese Castle Town by James L. McClainRonald P. Toby
- MN 38:3 (1983) 342–43Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors by William Scott WilsonCarl Steenstrup
- MN 38:3 (1983) 344–46Japan Examined: Perspectives on Modern Japanese History by Harry Wray, Hilary ConroyRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 38:3 (1983) 346–49Conflict in Modern Japanese History: The Neglected Tradition by Tetsuo Najita, J. Victor KoschmannMiles Fletcher
- MN 38:3 (1983) 349–51Occupation Diplomacy: Britain, the United States and Japan, 1945–1952 by Roger BuckleyMasahiro Hosoya
- MN 38:3 (1983) 351–54Artist and Patron in Postwar Japan: Dance, Music, Theater, and the Visual Arts, 1955–1980 by Thomas R. H. HavensEric J. Gangloff
- MN 38:3 (1983) 354–55Enkū: Sculptor of a Hundred Thousand Buddhas by Kazuaki TanahashiDonald F. McCallum
- MN 38:3 (1983) 356–57Survey of Japanese Collections in the United States, 1979–1980 by Naomi FukudaMaureen H. Donovan