Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 56, Number 4 (2001)- MN 56:4 (2001) 439–86Yosano Akiko’s Poems: “In Praise of The Tale of Genji”G. G. Rowley
- MN 56:4 (2001) 459–86In Praise of The Tale of GenjiAkiko Yosano, Translated by G. G. Rowley
- MN 56:4 (2001) 487–520Taming the Wilderness: The Lifestyle Improvement Movement in Rural Japan, 1925–1965Simon Partner
- MN 56:4 (2001) 521–544The Nanking Massacre: Now You See It, . . .Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi
- MN 56:4 (2001) 545–547Bridging the Divide: 400 Years The Netherlands-Japan by Leonard Blussé, Willem Remmelink, Ivo SmitsWolfgang Michel
- MN 56:4 (2001) 547–549Being Modern in Japan: Culture and Society from the 1910s to the 1930s by Elise K. Tipton, John ClarkJulia Adeney Thomas
- MN 56:4 (2001) 549–551Yanaihara Tadao and Japanese Colonial Policy by Susan C. TownsendDaqing Yang
- MN 56:4 (2001) 551–554The Poetics of Japanese Verse: Imagery, Structure, Meter by Kōji Kawamoto, Stephen Collington, Kevin Collins, Gustav HeldtAileen Gatten
- MN 56:4 (2001) 554–557Fault Lines: Cultural Memory and Japanese Surrealism by Miryam SasSusan Napier
- MN 56:4 (2001) 557–558Amour, colère, couleur: Essais sur le bouddhisme au Japon by Bernard FrankHubert Durt
- MN 56:4 (2001) 558–560Der Eine und Einzige Weg der Götter: Yoshida Kanetomo und die Erfindung des Shinto by Bernhard ScheidMark Teeuwen
- MN 56:4 (2001) 561–563Initiation à la paléographie Japonaise à travers les manuscrits du pèlerinage de Shikoku by Nathalie KouaméBarbara Ambros
- MN 56:4 (2001) 563–567Max Weber und das moderne Japan by Wolfgang J. Mommsen, Wolfgang SchwentkerMasahiro Noguchi
- MN 56:4 (2001) 567–570The Shogun’s Painted Culture: Fear and Creativity in the Japanese States 1760–1829 by Timon ScreechAdam L. Kern
- MN 56:4 (2001) 570–572Frank Lloyd Wright and the Art of Japan: The Architect’s Other Passion by Julia MeechJohn T. Carpenter
- MN 56:4 (2001) 572–574Word and Image in Japanese Cinema by Dennis Washburn, Carole CavanaughPaul Anderer
- MN 56:4 (2001) 574–577Multiethnic Japan by John LieTom Gill
- MN 56:4 (2001) 577–580Adult Manga: Culture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society by Sharon KinsellaJohn Whittier Treat
- MN 56:4 (2001) 580–581Japan: Der andere Kulturführer by Irmela Hijiya-KirschnereitJames Farrer