Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 45, Number 1 (1990)- MN 45:1 (1990) 1–26The Consort and the Warrior: Yōkihi MonogatariMasako Nakagawa Graham
- MN 45:1 (1990) 27–38The Great Feast of the EnthronementFelicia Gressitt Bock
- MN 45:1 (1990) 39–74Ghostwriters and Literary Haunts: Subordinating Ethics to Art in Ugetsu MonogatariDennis Washburn
- MN 45:1 (1990) 75–85Saddle Bows and Rump Plumes: More on the Fujinoki TombJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 45:1 (1990) 87–94Cultural Survey, 1989
- MN 45:1 (1990) 95–98The Tale of the Heike by Helen Craig McCulloughCarol Hochstedler
- MN 45:1 (1990) 98–100Divided Self: A Biography of Arishima Takeo by Leith MortonPaul Anderer
- MN 45:1 (1990) 100–103The Sting of Life: Four Contemporary Japanese Novelists by Van C. GesselChia-Ning Chang
- MN 45:1 (1990) 103–106A Future of Ice: Poems and Stories of a Japanese Buddhist by Kenji Miyazawa, Hiroaki SatoSarah M. Strong
- MN 45:1 (1990) 106–109Eigo Taiyakuban: Sarada Kinenbi by Tawara Machi, Jack Stamm; Salad Anniversary by Machi Tawara, Juliet Winters CarpenterMichael Cooper
- MN 45:1 (1990) 109–11The Japanese Informal Empire in China, 1895–1937 by Peter Duus, Ramon H. Myers, Mark PeattieRobert B. Valliant
- MN 45:1 (1990) 112–14State and Intellectual in Imperial Japan: The Public Man in Crisis by Andrew E. BarshayGermaine A. Hoston
- MN 45:1 (1990) 115–17The Lotus Sutra in Japanese Culture by George J. Tanabe, Jr, Willa Jane TanabePaul L. Swanson
- MN 45:1 (1990) 117–18Maitreya, the Future Buddha by Allan Sponberg, Helen HardacreGeorge J. Tanabe
- MN 45:1 (1990) 119–21The Art of Zen: Paintings and Calligraphy by Japanese Monks, 1600–1925 by Stephen AddissFrederick Baekeland
- MN 45:1 (1990) 121–23Chanoyu: The Urasenke Tradition of Tea by Sōshitsu Sen XV, Alfred Birnbaum; Tea in Japan: Essays on the History of Chanoyu by Paul Varley, Kumakura IsaoHerbert Plutschow
- MN 45:1 (1990) 124–25Japanese Schooling: Patterns of Socialization, Equality, and Political Control by James J. Shields, Jr.Merry I. White
- MN 45:1 (1990) 125–26A Guide to Reference Books for Japanese Studies by The International House of Japan LibraryJohn J. Stephan