Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 51, Number 4 (1996)- MN 51:4 (1996) 407–29The Imperial Oath of April 1868: Ritual, Politics, and Power in the RestorationJohn Breen
- MN 51:4 (1996) 431–60Kiyokata’s Asasuzu: The Emergence of the Jogakusei ImageMariko Inoue
- MN 51:4 (1996) 461–64The Role of Poetry in Classical Japanese Literature: A Code and Discursivity Analysis by Rein RaudRoselee Bundy
- MN 51:4 (1996) 464–66The Pursuit of Loneliness: Chinese and Japanese Nature Poetry in Medieval Japan, ca. 1050–1150 by Ivo SmitsRobert Borgen
- MN 51:4 (1996) 467–68Great Fool: Zen Master Ryōkan—Poems, Letters, and Other Writings by Ryūichi Abé, Peter HaskelRoger K. Thomas
- MN 51:4 (1996) 469–71The Fantastic in Modern Japanese Literature: The Subversion of Modernity by Susan J. NapierPhyllis I. Lyons
- MN 51:4 (1996) 471–73Japanese Gothic Tales by Izumi Kyōka, Charles Shirō InouyeRoy Starrs
- MN 51:4 (1996) 473–76Literature of the Lost Home: Kobayashi Hideo—Literary Criticism, 1924–1939 by Paul AndererJoel Cohn
- MN 51:4 (1996) 476–78Fake Fish: The Theater of Kobo Abe by Nancy K. ShieldsWilliam J. Currie
- MN 51:4 (1996) 478–80La cour du Japon à l’époque de Heian aux Xe et Xie siècles by Francine HérailSonja Arntzen
- MN 51:4 (1996) 481–83Tokugawa Village Practice: Class, Status, Power, Law by Herman OomsJames W. White
- MN 51:4 (1996) 483–85The Furthest Goal: Engelbert Kaempfer’s Encounter with Tokugawa Japan by Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey, Derek MassarellaMarius B. Jansen
- MN 51:4 (1996) 486–87Adams the Pilot: The Life and Times of Captain William Adams, 1564–1620 by William Corr; Hannah Riddell: An Englishwoman in Japan by Julia BoydMichael Cooper
- MN 51:4 (1996) 487–90The Abacus and the Sword: The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895–1910 by Peter DuusMichael Robinson
- MN 51:4 (1996) 490–92The Literature of Travel in the Japanese Rediscovery of China, 1862–1945 by Joshua A. FogelDavid Pollack
- MN 51:4 (1996) 492–93La Donna È Mobile: Das modan gāru als Erscheinung der modernen Stadtkultur by Richmod BollingerJennifer Robertson
- MN 51:4 (1996) 494–96To Dream of Dreams: Religious Freedom and Constitutional Politics in Postwar Japan by David M. O’Brien, Yasuo OhkoshiKenneth L. Port
- MN 51:4 (1996) 496–99Migrant Workers in Japan by Hiroshi Komai, Jens WilkinsonGlenda S. Roberts
- MN 51:4 (1996) 499–501Contemporary Politics in Japan by Masumi Junnosuke, Lonny E. CarlileLee W. Farnsworth
- MN 51:4 (1996) 501–503The Sound of the Whistle: Railroads and the State in Meiji Japan by Steven J. EricsonPaul H. Noguchi
- MN 51:4 (1996) 503–504Kanji Politics: Language Policy and Japanese Script by Nanette GottliebGerald B. Mathias
- MN 51:4 (1996) 505–507Understanding Shinran: A Dialogical Approach by Hee-sung KeelGalen Amstutz
- MN 51:4 (1996) 507–510Dōgen’s Pure Standards for the Zen Community: A Translation of ‘Eihei Shingi’ by Taigen Daniel Leighton, Shohaku OkumuraT. Griffith Foulk
- MN 51:4 (1996) 510–513Religion in Japan: Arrows to Heaven and Earth by P. F. Kornicki, I. J. McMullenJanet R. Goodwin
- MN 51:4 (1996) 513–515A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine by John K. NelsonKaren A. Smyers
- MN 51:4 (1996) 516–518Sur un fond blanc: Ecrits japonais sur la peinture du IXe au XIXe siècle by Verǎ LinhartováMarie-Thérèse Barrett
- MN 51:4 (1996) 518–520The Beginnings of Western Music in Meiji Era Japan by Ury EppsteinGerald Groemer
- MN 51:4 (1996) 521–523Art of Edo Japan: The Artist and the City, 1615–1868 by Christine GuthKaren M. Gerhart
- MN 51:4 (1996) 523–526Educating Hearts and Minds: Reflections on Japanese Preschool and Elementary Education by Catherine C. LewisDaiyo Sawada
- MN 51:4 (1996) 526–527Jomon of Japan: The World’s Oldest Pottery by Douglas Moore KenrickPeter Bleed