Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 55, Number 4 (2000)- MN 55:4 (2000) 483–508Kano Tan’yū and Hōrin Jōshō: Patronage and Artistic PracticeKaren M. Gerhart
- MN 55:4 (2000) 509–536Benshi and the Introduction of Motion Pictures to JapanJeffrey A. Dym
- MN 55:4 (2000) 537–566Looking from Within and Without: Ancient and Medieval External RelationsCharlotte von Verschuer
- MN 55:4 (2000) 567–577The Nobumitsu Portrait Inscription: An Annotated TranslationBeng Choo Lim
- MN 55:4 (2000) 572–577Nobumitsu GazōsanKeijo Shūrin, Translated by Beng Choo Lim
- MN 55:4 (2000) 579–591Julius Klaproth and His WorksPeter F. Kornicki
- MN 55:4 (2000) 593–595Misère et crime au Japon du XVIIe siècle à nos jours by Philippe PonsHerman Ooms
- MN 55:4 (2000) 595–598Prayer and Play in Late Tokugawa Japan: Asakusa Sensōji and Edo Society by Nam-lin HurConstantine Nomikos Vaporis
- MN 55:4 (2000) 598–599Remembering Aizu: The Testament of Shiba Gorō by Ishimitsu Mahito, Teruko CraigAnne Walthall
- MN 55:4 (2000) 600–602Japan Comes of Age: Mutsu Munemitsu and the Revision of the Unequal Treaties by Louis G. PerezGordon Mark Berger
- MN 55:4 (2000) 602–604Assembled in Japan: Electrical Goods and the Making of the Japanese Consumer by Simon PartnerAnn Waswo
- MN 55:4 (2000) 605–606Censoring History: Citizenship and Memory in Japan, Germany, and the United States by Laura Hein, Mark SeldenSebastian Conrad
- MN 55:4 (2000) 606–609The I Ching in Tokugawa Thought and Culture: Asian Interactions and Comparisons by Wai-ming NgW. J. Boot
- MN 55:4 (2000) 609–611Enduring Identities: The Guise of Shinto in Contemporary Japan by John K. NelsonIan Reader
- MN 55:4 (2000) 612–614Yosano Akiko: Poète de la passion et figure de proue du féminisme japonais by Claire DodaneG. G. Rowley
- MN 55:4 (2000) 614–616Yosano Akiko and The Tale of Genji by G. G. RowleyLaurel Rasplica Rodd
- MN 55:4 (2000) 616–619Endō Shūsaku: A Literature of Reconciliation by Mark B. WilliamsIrmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
- MN 55:4 (2000) 619–622A Sheep’s Song: A Writer’s Reminiscences of Japan and the World by Katō Shūichi, Chia-ning ChangRichard Torrance
- MN 55:4 (2000) 622–624The American Occupation of Japan and Okinawa: Literature and Memory by Michael S. MolaskyJames Dorsey
- MN 55:4 (2000) 625–627Harukor: An Ainu Woman’s Tale by Honda Katsuichi, Kyoko SeldenBrett L. Walker
- MN 55:4 (2000) 627–631Extraordinary Persons: Works by Eccentric, Nonconformist Japanese Artists of the Early Modern Era (1580–1868) in the Collection of Kimiko and John Powers by Kimiko Powers, John Powers, John M. Rosenfield, Fumiko E. Cranston, Naomi Noble RichardJohn T. Carpenter
- MN 55:4 (2000) 631–632Japanese Consumer Behavior: From Worker Bees to Wary Shoppers by John McCreeryMillie Creighton