Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 43, Number 1 (1988)- MN 43:1 (1988) 1–33Kaempfer Restor’dBeatrice M. Bodart Bailey
- MN 43:1 (1988) 35–61The Jeweled Comb-Box: Motoori Norinaga’s TamakushigeJohn S. Brownlee
- MN 43:1 (1988) 45–61TamakushigeMotoori Norinaga, Translated by John S. Brownlee
- MN 43:1 (1988) 63–93Old Stories, New Mode: Ejima Kiseki’s Ukiyo Oyaji KatagiCharles E. Fox
- MN 43:1 (1988) 78–93Ukiyo Oyaji KatagiEjima Kiseki, Translated by Charles E. Fox
- MN 43:1 (1988) 95–100Tribute to a Teacher: Uchimura Kanzō’s Letter to William Smith ClarkJanet E. Goff
- MN 43:1 (1988) 101–103The Tale of the Soga Brothers by Thomas J. CoganSusan Matisoff
- MN 43:1 (1988) 104–106The Mother of Dreams and Other Short Stories: Portrayals of Women in Modern Japanese Fiction by Makoto UedaPhyllis I. Lyons
- MN 43:1 (1988) 107–10A Play of Mirrors: Eight Major Poets of Modern Japan by Ōoka Makoto, Thomas FitzsimmonsRobert Epp
- MN 43:1 (1988) 110–12Victorians in Japan: In and around the Treaty Ports by Hugh Cortazzi; Japan in the Victorian Mind: A Study of Stereotyped Images of a Nation, 1850–80 by Toshio YokoyamaMichael Cooper
- MN 43:1 (1988) 112–15Japan Prepares for Total War: The Search for Economic Security, 1919–1941 by Michael A. BarnhartAlvin D. Coox
- MN 43:1 (1988) 115–17Fire Across the Sea: The Vietnam War and Japan, 1965–1975 by Thomas R. H. HavensDavid J. Lu
- MN 43:1 (1988) 117–20Young Man Shinran: A Reappraisal of Shinran’s Life by Takamichi TakahatakeDennis Hirota
- MN 43:1 (1988) 120–22The True Teaching, Practice and Realization of the Pure Land Way: A Translation of Shinran’s Kyōgyōshinshō, Volume III by Yoshifumi UedaMinor Lee Rogers
- MN 43:1 (1988) 123–25Japanese Castles by Motoo Hinago, William H. CoaldrakeBruce A. Coats
- MN 43:1 (1988) 125–26Family Change and the Life Course in Japan by Susan Orpett LongAnne E. Imamura
- MN 43:1 (1988) 127–30Urban Japanese Housewives: At Home and in the Community by Anne E. Imamura; The Japanese Educational Challenge: A Commitment to Children by Merry WhiteWilliam W. Kelly
- MN 43:1 (1988) 130–31Country Textiles of Japan: The Art of Tsutsugaki by Reiko Mochinaga BrandonMarie Lyman