Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 49, Number 1 (1994)- MN 49:1 (1994) 1–29Hitachi no Kuni FudokiMark C. Funke
- MN 49:1 (1994) 31–60She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not: Shinjū and Shikidō ŌkagamiLawrence Rogers
- MN 49:1 (1994) 61–74Cultural Survey, 1993
- MN 49:1 (1994) 75–87A Celebration of ArtPatricia J. Graham
- MN 49:1 (1994) 89–95Different StrokesDavid Pollack
- MN 49:1 (1994) 97–99The Willow in Autumn: Ryūtei Tanehiko, 1783–1842 by Andrew Lawrence MarkusSusan Griswold
- MN 49:1 (1994) 99–102New Leaves: Studies and Translations of Japanese Literature in Honor of Edward Seidensticker by Aileen Gatten, Anthony Hood ChambersKaren Brazell
- MN 49:1 (1994) 102–105Complicit Fictions: The Subject in the Modern Japanese Prose Narrative by James A. FujiiIrmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
- MN 49:1 (1994) 105–108Early Modern Japan by Conrad TotmanConstantine N. Vaporis
- MN 49:1 (1994) 108–12Japan’s Orient: Rendering Pasts into History by Stefan TanakaJoshua A. Fogel
- MN 49:1 (1994) 112–14China, 1898–1912: The Xinzheng Revolution and Japan by Douglas R. ReynoldsLinda Grove
- MN 49:1 (1994) 114–16The Cross and the Rising Sun. Volume 2, The British Protestant Movement in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, 1865–1945 by A. Hamish IonHelen J. Ballhatchet
- MN 49:1 (1994) 116–19Six Circles, One Dewdrop: The Religio-aesthetic World of Komparu Zenchiku by Arthur H. Thornhill IIIShelley Fenno Quinn
- MN 49:1 (1994) 120–21Japanese Nō Dramas by Royall TylerThomas Hare
- MN 49:1 (1994) 121–23Warrior Ghost Plays from the Japanese Noh Theater: Parallel Translations with Running Commentary by Chifumi ShimazakiRebecca Teele
- MN 49:1 (1994) 123–25Transformations, Miracles, and Mischief: The Mountain Priest Plays of Kyōgen by Carolyn Anne MorleyStanca Scholz-Cionca
- MN 49:1 (1994) 125–27Kano Eitoku (1543–1590), Biographie, Oeuvre und Wirkung nach Zeugnissen des 16.-19. Jahrhunderts: eine quellen- und stilkritische Untersuchung by Kano Eitoku, Bettina KleinClaudia Delank
- MN 49:1 (1994) 127–29Art, Tea, and Industry: Masuda Takashi and the Mitsui Circle by Christine M. E. GuthFrederick Baekeland
- MN 49:1 (1994) 129–31When Art Became Fashion: Kosode in Edo-Period Japan by Dale Carolyn Gluckman, Sharon Sadako TakedaRobin E. Muller
- MN 49:1 (1994) 131–33Myōe the Dreamkeeper: Fantasy and Knowledge in Early Kamakura Buddhism by George J. Tanabe, Jr.James H. Foard
- MN 49:1 (1994) 133–35Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan by William M. BodifordBernard Faure
- MN 49:1 (1994) 136–37Voluntary Death in Japan by Maurice Pinguet, Rosemary MorrisStuart D. B. Picken