Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 48, Number 2 (1993)- MN 48:2 (1993) 147–66The Stage Observed: Western Attitudes toward Japanese TheatreUry Eppstein
- MN 48:2 (1993) 167–203Fushimi-in Nijūban Uta-awaseRobert N. Huey
- MN 48:2 (1993) 205–24Wasan and the Physics that Wasn’t: Mathematics in the Tokugawa PeriodMark Ravina
- MN 48:2 (1993) 225–45Attaining Union with the Gods: The Secret Books of Watarai ShintoMark Teeuwen
- MN 48:2 (1993) 247–59Cultural Survey, 1992
- MN 48:2 (1993) 261–64Heavenly Warriors: The Evolution of Japan’s Military, 500–1300 by William Wayne FarrisKarl F. Friday
- MN 48:2 (1993) 265–67The Geography of Power in Medieval Japan by Thomas KeirsteadKristina Kade Troost
- MN 48:2 (1993) 267–70The Historic City of Nara: An Archaeological Approach by Tsuboi Kiyotari, Tanaka Migaku, David W. Hughes, Gina L. BarnesJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 48:2 (1993) 270–71Academic Freedom and the Japanese Imperial University, 1868–1939 by Byron K. MarshallRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 48:2 (1993) 272–73Sowing the Seeds of Change: Chinese Students, Japanese Teachers, 1895–1905 by Paula HarrellJoshua A. Fogel
- MN 48:2 (1993) 273–75Alternative Japanese Drama: Ten Plays by Robert T. Rolf, John K. GillespieMari Boyd
- MN 48:2 (1993) 276–78Il corpo e il paradiso: Esperienze ascetiche in Asia Orientale by Massimo RaveriFosco Maraini
- MN 48:2 (1993) 278–80Refuge of the Honored: Social Organization in a Japanese Retirement Community by Yasuhito Kinoshita, Christie W. KieferSepp Linhart
- MN 48:2 (1993) 281–82The Japanese Woman: Traditional Image and Changing Reality by Sumiko IwaoTakie Sugiyama Lebra
- MN 48:2 (1993) 282–84The Japanese Overseas: Can They Go Home Again? by Merry WhiteDavid W. Plath
- MN 48:2 (1993) 285–87Othernesses of Japan: Historical and Cultural Influences on Japanese Studies in Ten Countries by Harumi Befu, Josef KreinerEyal Ben-Ari
- MN 48:2 (1993) 287–89Japanese Biographies: Life Histories, Life Cycles, Life Stages by Susanne Formanek, Sepp LinhartAnne E. Imamura
- MN 48:2 (1993) 289–91Ukiyo-e Paintings in the British Museum by Timothy ClarkDonald Jenkins