Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 44, Number 3 (1989)- MN 44:3 (1989) 261–82Secrets in My Heart: The Poetry of Satō HaruoNobuko Miyama Ochner
- MN 44:3 (1989) 283–307Sekkyō-bushiNobuko Ishii
- MN 44:3 (1989) 309–35The Playful Gloss: Rubi in Japanese LiteratureChieko Ariga
- MN 44:3 (1989) 337–45The Darkness at the Foot of the Lighthouse: Recent Research on ShishōsetsuIrmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
- MN 44:3 (1989) 346–47CorrespondenceEdward Fowler and Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
- MN 44:3 (1989) 349–51Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji by Richard BowringLynne K. Miyake
- MN 44:3 (1989) 352–53Akutagawa and Dazai: Instances of Literary Adaptation by James O’BrienMichiko N. Wilson
- MN 44:3 (1989) 354–56Shogunal Politics: Arai Hakuseki and the Premises of Tokugawa Rule by Kate Wildman NakaiHarold Bolitho
- MN 44:3 (1989) 356–57An American Scientist in Early Meiji Japan: The Autobiographical Notes of Thomas C. Mendenhall by Richard RubingerHelen J. Ballhatchet
- MN 44:3 (1989) 358–60The Birth of the Japanese Labor Movement: Takano Fusatarō and the Rōdō Kumiai Kiseikai by Stephen E. MarslandStephen S. Large
- MN 44:3 (1989) 360–63Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar Japan by Mikiso HaneMartha C. Tocco
- MN 44:3 (1989) 363–65Rakka Ryūsui: Colonel Akashi’s Report on His Secret Cooperation with the Russian Revolutionary Parties during the Russo-Japanese War by Inaba Chiharu, Olavi K. Fält, Antti KujalaJohn J. Stephan
- MN 44:3 (1989) 365–67Innocence Is Not Enough: The Life and Death of Herbert Norman by Roger BowenRoger Dingman
- MN 44:3 (1989) 367–70The Origins of the Korean Community in Japan, 1910–1923 by Michael WeinerRoger Bowen
- MN 44:3 (1989) 370–71The Occupation of Japan: Arts and Culture by Thomas W. BurkmanGrant K. Goodman
- MN 44:3 (1989) 372–74Neighborhood Tokyo by Theodore C. BestorWalter Edwards
- MN 44:3 (1989) 375–77The Dual Image of the Japanese Emperior by Kiyoko TakedaBen-Ami Shillony
- MN 44:3 (1989) 377–80Dōgen’s Manuals of Zen Meditation by Carl BielefeldtHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 44:3 (1989) 380–83Jōdo Shinshū: Shin Buddhism in Medieval Japan by James C. DobbinsAlfred Bloom
- MN 44:3 (1989) 383–85Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism by Taikō Yamasaki, Richard Petersen, Cynthia Petersen; Mantrayana in Japan. by Chikyo YamamotoJames H. Sanford
- MN 44:3 (1989) 385–87Education in Japan: A Source Book by Edward R. Beauchamp, Richard RubingerMerry I. White
- MN 44:3 (1989) 387–89Modern Japan Through Its Weddings: Gender, Person, and Society in Ritual Portrayal by Walter EdwardsDavid W. Plath
- MN 44:3 (1989) 389–90Cultural Atlas of Japan by Martin Collcutt, Marius Jansen, Isao KumakuraMichael Cooper