Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 5, Number 2 (1942)- MN 5:2 (1942) 287–331Utagaki-Kagahi: Ein Beitrag zur Volkskunde und Religionsgeschichte AltjapansOtto Karow
- MN 5:2 (1942) 332–46Sur la correction du dictionnaire chinois K’ang-hi-tse-tienPaul Yachita Tsuchihashi
- MN 5:2 (1942) 347–400Hermann Roesler und die Japanische Verfassung (Part 3)Johannes Siemes and Yasuzō Suzuki
- MN 5:2 (1942) 401–11Japanese Modern Art (Part 2)Chisaburō Yamada
- MN 5:2 (1942) 412–36Muchimaro-den: Kaden, d.i. Haustraditionen (des Hauses Fujiwara) Unterer (Band)Hermann Bohner
- MN 5:2 (1942) 419–36Muchimaro-den: Kaden (d.i. Haustraditionen), unterer TeilTranslated by Hermann Bohner
- MN 5:2 (1942) 437–65Kazuraki: Nōdrama von Kanze Seami MotokiyoHelmut Erlinghagen and Walter Dräger
- MN 5:2 (1942) 448–65KazurakiZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Walter Dräger and Helmut Erlinghagen
- MN 5:2 (1942) 466–500Seami Jūroku Bushū: Seami’s Sixteen Treatises (Part 2)Zeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Michitarō Shidehara and Wilfrid Whitehouse
- MN 5:2 (1942) 501–522Rangaku kotohajime: (Die Anfänge der “Holland-Kunde”) (Von Sugita Gempaku 1733–1818) (Part 2)Sugita Genpaku, Translated by Kōichi Mōri
- MN 5:2 (1942) 523–535The Panegyric of Alexander Valignano, S.J.J. M. Braga
- MN 5:2 (1942) 529–535The Life and Death of Father Alexander Valignano Visitor of JapanTranslated by J. M. Braga
- MN 5:2 (1942) 536–539Verspätete amerikanische Versuche zu richtiger Beurteilung der ostasiatischen ProblemeAlbrecht Magnus
- MN 5:2 (1942) 540–550Notes on the Japanese Mission Which was Shipwrecked between Bangka and Billiton in 1862 on its Way from Japan to Holland via BataviaBatavia
- MN 5:2 (1942) 551–564Japans Dialekte und FolkloreR. Binken-Stein
- MN 5:2 (1942) 565–571Shōtoku Taishi by Hermann BohnerC. von Weegmann
- MN 5:2 (1942) 571–573Lettres et Memoires D’Adam Schall by Henri Bernard; Relation Historique by Paul BornetPierre Humbertclaude
- MN 5:2 (1942) 573–574Kokugo Bunka-Kōza by Asahi-ZeitungR. Binken-Stein
- MN 5:2 (1942) 575–577Kirishitan-Gogaku no Kenkyu by Tadao DoiHubert Cieslik
- MN 5:2 (1942) 577–579I-La Premiere Ambassade Du Japon en Europe, 1582–1592 by J. A. Abranches Pinto, Yoshitomo Okamoto, Henri Bernard; II-Kyushu Sankō Ken-Ō Shisetsu Kōki by Yoshitomo OkamotoPierre Humbertclaude
- MN 5:2 (1942) 579–582Christan Kenkyu, recueil d’études en japonais sur l’ancienne communauté chrétienne du JaponPierre Humbertclaude
- MN 5:2 (1942) 582–583Dai Nippon Shōgyo-Shi, (Handelsgeschichte Großjapans) by Teifū Suganuma, Iwanami ShotenJohannes Laures
- MN 5:2 (1942) 583–584Nichi-Ō Tsūkō-Shi (History of Western Intercourse with Japan) by Shigetomo KōdaJohannes Laures
- MN 5:2 (1942) 584–585Bungo Kirishitan Shiryō. (Documents sur l’ancienne chrétienté de Bungo) by Mario MaregaPierre Humbertclaude
- MN 5:2 (1942) 585–588Nippon Bijutsu Shiryō by Bijutsu Kenkyūjo, Yashiro YukioDietrich Seckel
- MN 5:2 (1942) 588–590Chūsonji Taikyō by Ishida MosakuDietrich Seckel
- MN 5:2 (1942) 590–591Kokuhō Nō-Butai by Kitao HarumichiDietrich Seckel
- MN 5:2 (1942) 591–592Bulletin of Eastern Art by The Society of Friends of Eastern ArtDietrich Seckel
- MN 5:2 (1942) 592Early Man in China by Pierre Teilhard de ChardinHenri Bernard
- MN 5:2 (1942) 594–595Folklore Studies, Museum of Oriental Ethmology by The Catholic University of PekingOtto Karow
- MN 5:2 (1942) 595–597Catalogue Des Cartes Nautiques Manuscrites Sur Parchemin 1300–1700 by Cartes HollandaisesHenri Bernard