Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 51, Number 3 (1996)- MN 51:3 (1996) 279–307A Tour of Duty: Kurume Hanshi Edo Kinban Nagaya EmakiConstantine N. Vaporis
- MN 51:3 (1996) 309–16Nishida and HearnMichiko Yusa
- MN 51:3 (1996) 317–56Hero as Murderer in ChikamatsuC. Andrew Gerstle
- MN 51:3 (1996) 357–74Purely Mass or Massively Pure? The Division between ‘Pure’ and ‘Mass’ LiteratureMatthew C. Strecher
- MN 51:3 (1996) 375–77Japanese Loyalism Reconstrued: Yamagata Daini’s Ryūshi shinron of 1759 by Bob Tadashi WakabayashiKate Wildman-Nakai
- MN 51:3 (1996) 377–80The Meiji Unification through the Lens of Ishikawa Prefecture by James C. BaxterJames L. McClain
- MN 51:3 (1996) 380–81The Lumber Industry in Early Modern Japan by Conrad TotmanPhilip C. Brown
- MN 51:3 (1996) 382–83Avatars of Vengeance: Japanese Drama and the Soga Literary Tradition by Laurence R. KominzStanleigh H. Jones, Jr.
- MN 51:3 (1996) 383–86Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism by Bernard Faure, Phyllis BrooksSteven Heine
- MN 51:3 (1996) 386–87Shapers of Japanese Buddhism by Yusen Kashiwahara, Koyu Sonoda, Gaynor SekimoriPaul O. Ingram
- MN 51:3 (1996) 387–88A New Woman of Japan: A Political Biography of Katō Shidzue by Helen M. HopperLinda L. Johnson
- MN 51:3 (1996) 389–91Japanese Women: New Feminist Perspectives of the Past, Present and Future by Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow, Atsuko KamedaMerry I. White
- MN 51:3 (1996) 391–92Sociology and Society of Japan by Nozomu KawamuraWilliam W. Kelly
- MN 51:3 (1996) 392–94Kendō: Its Philosophy, History and Means to Personal Growth by Minoru KiyotaKarl F. Friday
- MN 51:3 (1996) 394–97Makiko’s Diary: A Merchant Wife in 1910 Kyoto by Nakano Makiko, Kazuko SmithHelen M. Hooper
- MN 51:3 (1996) 397–400Picturing Japaneseness: Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film by Darrell William DavisBrian Lewis
- MN 51:3 (1996) 400–402Meiji Revisited: The Sites of Victorian Japan by Dallas FinnJohn Mock
- MN 51:3 (1996) 402–405A Poisonous Cocktail? Aum Shinrikyo’s Path to Violence by Ian Reader; The Cult at the End of the World. The Incredible Story of Aum by David E. Kaplan, Andrew Marshall; Holy Terror: Armageddon in Tokyo by D. W. BrackettRichard A. Gardner