Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 41, Number 1 (1986)- MN 41:1 (1986) 1–20Voices from the Periphery: Love Songs in Ryōjin HishōYung-Hee Kwon
- MN 41:1 (1986) 21–50Lotus in the Mountain, Mountain in the Lotus: Rokugō Kaizan Nimmon Daibosatsu HongiAllan G. Grapard
- MN 41:1 (1986) 51–101Pilgrimage to Tolstoy: Tokutomi Roka’s Junrei KikōLaurence R. Kominz
- MN 41:1 (1986) 71–101Five Days at Yasnaya PolyanaTokutomi Roka, Translated by Laurence R. Kominz
- MN 41:1 (1986) 103–105Cultural Bonanzas
- MN 41:1 (1986) 107–109Classical Learning and Taoist Practices in Early Japan by Felicia G. BockMichiko Yamaguchi Aoki
- MN 41:1 (1986) 109–12Population, Disease, and Land in Early Japan, 645–900 by William Wayne FarrisDana Morris
- MN 41:1 (1986) 112–14Japan’s Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period by Carol GluckSidney DeVere Brown
- MN 41:1 (1986) 114–17The Culture of the Meiji Period by Irokawa Daikichi, Marius B. JansenByron K. Marshall
- MN 41:1 (1986) 117–19The Diary of Kido Takayoshi, Volume II: 1871–1874 by Sidney DeVere Brown, Akiko HirotaRobert M. Spaulding
- MN 41:1 (1986) 119–21International Perspectives on Yanagita Kunio and Japanese Folklore Studies by J. Victor Koschmann, Ōiwa Keibō, Yamashita ShinjiPeter Knecht
- MN 41:1 (1986) 122–24Nihon Bunka no Kakureta Kata by Takeda KiyokoSinh Vinh
- MN 41:1 (1986) 124–25Backstage at Bunraku: A Behind-the-Scences Look at Japan’s Traditional Puppet Theatre by Barbara C. AdachiKaren Brazell