Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 45, Number 4 (1990)- MN 45:4 (1990) 391–411The Very Idea: The Notion of Ideogram in China and JapanJ. Marshall Unger
- MN 45:4 (1990) 413–47Arts of War in Times of Peace (Part 2): Swordsmanship in Honchō Bugei Shōden, Chapter 5John M. Rogers
- MN 45:4 (1990) 449–70Mokkan: Wooden Documents from the Nara PeriodJoan R. Piggott
- MN 45:4 (1990) 471–74Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan by Gary L. EbersoleGina L. Barnes
- MN 45:4 (1990) 474–76Red Lights: Selected Tanka Sequences from Shakkō by Mokichi Saitō, Seishi Shinoda, Sanford GoldsteinMeera S. Viswanathan
- MN 45:4 (1990) 476–77Long, Long Autumn Nights: Selected Poems of Oguma Hideo, 1901–1940 by David G. GoodmanSteve Rabson
- MN 45:4 (1990) 478–80With Perry to Japan: A Memoir by William Heine by Frederic TrautmannM. William Steele
- MN 45:4 (1990) 480–82Nakae Ushikichi in China: The Mourning of Spirit by Joshua A. FogelBarbara Molony
- MN 45:4 (1990) 482–84An Instance of Treason: Ozaki Hotsumi and the Sorge Spy Ring by Chalmers JohnsonJohn J. Stephan
- MN 45:4 (1990) 485–86On a Riverboat Journey: A Handscroll by Itō Jakuchū, with Poems by Daiten trans. Hiroshi OnishiKenneth Gardner
- MN 45:4 (1990) 487–89Shinran: An Introduction to His Thought by Yoshifumi Ueda, Dennis HirotaJames C. Dobbins
- MN 45:4 (1990) 490–91Der Japanische Ōbaku Mönch Tetsugen Dōkō: Leben, Denken, Schriften by Dieter SchwallerJan Van Bragt
- MN 45:4 (1990) 492–94Japan und Heidegger: Gedenkschrift der Stadt Meßkirch zum 100. Geburtstag Martin Heideggers by Harmut BuchnerGregor Paul
- MN 45:4 (1990) 495–97The Kyogen Book: An Anthology of Japanese Classical Comedies by Don KennyCarolyn Haynes
- MN 45:4 (1990) 497–99La Ligue du Théâtre Prolétarien Japonais by Jean-Jacques TschudinBrian Powell
- MN 45:4 (1990) 499–501Education and Examination in Modern Japan by Ikuo Amano, William K. Cummings, Fumiko CummingsRoger Goodman
- MN 45:4 (1990) 501–504Japanese Models of Conflict Resolution by S. N. Eisenstadt, Eyal Ben-AriPatricia G. Steinhoff
- MN 45:4 (1990) 504–506From Paddy Field to Ski Slope: The Revitalisation of Tradition in Japanese Village Life by Okpyo MoonHarumi Befu
- MN 45:4 (1990) 506–507Handbook of Japanese Popular Culture by Richard Gid Powers, Katō HidetoshiWilliam W. Kelly
- MN 45:4 (1990) 507–508Japan: World Bibliographical Series, Volume 103 by Frank Joseph ShulmanJohn J. Stephan