Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 56, Number 1 (2001)- MN 56:1 (2001) 1–38Tadano Makuzu and Her Hitori KangaeBettina Gramlich-Oka
- MN 56:1 (2001) 21–38Solitary Thoughts: A Translation of Tadano Makuzu’s Hitori Kangae (Part 1)Tadano Makuzu, Translated by Janet R. Goodwin, Bettina Gramlich-Oka, Elizabeth A. Leicester, Yuki Terazawa and Anne Walthall
- MN 56:1 (2001) 39–91Civil Administration on South Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands, 1945–1948: The Memoirs of Dmitrii N. KriukovMariya Sevela
- MN 56:1 (2001) 45–91Civil Administration on South Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands, 1945–1948Dmitrii N. Kriukov, Translated by Mariya Sevela
- MN 56:1 (2001) 93–98Families-at-Risk in a Medieval TaleWilliam R. LaFleur
- MN 56:1 (2001) 99–101A History of Japan by Conrad TotmanWilliam Wayne Farris
- MN 56:1 (2001) 102–104Gender and Japanese History. Vol. 1: Religion and Customs/The Body and Sexuality; Vol. 2: The Self and Expression/Work and Life by Wakita Haruko, Anne Bouchy, Ueno Chizuko, Gerry Yokota-MurakamiSally Ann Hastings
- MN 56:1 (2001) 104–107Becoming Apart: National Power and Local Politics in Toyama, 1868–1954 by Michael LewisNeil L. Waters
- MN 56:1 (2001) 107–10Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. BixStephen S. Large
- MN 56:1 (2001) 110–13Renegade Monk: Hōnen and Japanese Pure Land Buddhism by Soho Machida, Ioannis MentzasMark L. Blum
- MN 56:1 (2001) 113–15Unbefangenheit: Keichūs Beitrag zur Wissenschaftstheorie im frühneuzeitlichen Japan by Markus RüttermannHeidi Buck-Albulet
- MN 56:1 (2001) 115–18Ogyū Sorai’s Discourse on Government (Seidan): An Annotated Translation by Olof G. LidinJacques Joly
- MN 56:1 (2001) 118–20Essays on the Modern Japanese Church: Christianity in Meiji Japan by Yamaji Aizan, Graham SquiresF. G. Notehelfer
- MN 56:1 (2001) 120–23Yoshimoto Takaaki: Ein Kritiker zwischen Dialektik und Differenz by Reinold Ophüls-KashimaKazuyuki Hosomi
- MN 56:1 (2001) 123–25The Eyes of Power: Art and Early Tokugawa Authority by Karen M. GerhartWilliam H. Coaldrake
- MN 56:1 (2001) 125–28Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyō, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism by Robert Jay Lifton; Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyō by Ian ReaderRichard A. Gardner
- MN 56:1 (2001) 129–31Broadcasting Politics in Japan: NHK and Television News by Ellis S. KraussDavid Leheny
- MN 56:1 (2001) 131–34Lives in Motion: Composing Circles of Self and Community in Japan by Susan Orpett LongTakie Sugiyama Lebra
- MN 56:1 (2001) 134–36Von Siebold’s Botanical Treasures in Leiden. CD-ROM by Ingrid de Kort, Jeanette Ridder-Numan, Gerard Thijsse, Nobushige Kato, Takao YamaguchiWybe Kuitert
- MN 56:1 (2001) 136–37Kulturbeziehungen zwischen Japan und dem Westen seit 1853: Eine annotierte Bibliographie by Irmela Hijiya-KirschnereitGerhard Krebs