Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 57, Number 1 (2002)- MN 57:1 (2002) 1–42Reexamining Tea: “Yuisho”, “Suki”, “Yatsushi”, and “Furumai”Isao Kumakura, Translated by Peter McMillan
- MN 57:1 (2002) 43–71Oratory in Meiji and Taishō Japan: Public Speaking and the Formation of a New Written LanguageMassimiliano Tomasi
- MN 57:1 (2002) 73–89The Love Suicides at Shinagawa: A Sort of Love StoryDavid Pollack
- MN 57:1 (2002) 78–89The Love Suicides at ShinagawaEdited by David Pollack
- MN 57:1 (2002) 91–94Women and Class in Japanese History by Hitomi Tonomura, Anne Walthall, Wakita HarukoGregory M. Pflugfelder
- MN 57:1 (2002) 94–96The Historical Demography of Pre-modern Japan by Akira HayamiPhilip C. Brown
- MN 57:1 (2002) 96–99Informationssystem und kulturelles Leben in den Städten der Edo-Zeit by Shiro Kohsaka, Johannes LaubePeter F. Kornicki
- MN 57:1 (2002) 99–104Gesetzgebung im vormodernen Japan: Rechtsgebote und die Ideen der Konfuzianisten in der Edo-Zeit (1603–1868) by Carolin Reimers; Die Entstehung der Meiji-Verfassung: Zur Rolle des deutschen Konstitutionalismus im modernen japanischen Staatswesen by Junko AndoF. B. Verwayen
- MN 57:1 (2002) 104–106Democracy in Pre-War Japan, Concepts of Government, 1871–1937: Collected Essays by Junji Banno, Andrew FraserM. William Steele
- MN 57:1 (2002) 106–109The Victim as Hero: Ideologies of Peace and National Identity in Postwar Japan by James J. Orr; Perilous Memories: The Asia-Pacific War(s) by T. Fujitani, Geoffrey M. White, Lisa YoneyamaSebastian Conrad
- MN 57:1 (2002) 110–12Obaku Zen: The Emergence of the Third Sect of Zen in Tokugawa Japan by Helen J. BaroniMartin Collcutt
- MN 57:1 (2002) 112–14Writing Margins: The Textual Construction of Gender in Heian and Kamakura Japan by Terry KawashimaRajyashree Pandey
- MN 57:1 (2002) 115–17Mad Wives and Island Dreams: Shimao Toshio and the Margins of Japanese Literature by Philip GabrielDavinder L. Bhowmik
- MN 57:1 (2002) 117–19Artistic Detachment in Japan and the West: Psychic Distance in Comparative Aesthetics by Steve OdinJoseph S. O’Leary
- MN 57:1 (2002) 120–21Language Planning and Language Change in Japan by Tessa CarrollNanette Gottlieb
- MN 57:1 (2002) 122–23Tezuka Osamu: Figuren, Themen und Erzählstrukturen im Manga-Gesamtwerk by Susanne PhillippsMegumi Maderdonner
- MN 57:1 (2002) 124–26The Changing Face of Japanese Retail: Working in a Chainstore by Louella MatsunagaAviad Raz
- MN 57:1 (2002) 126–29Men of Uncertainty: The Social Organization of Day Laborers in Contemporary Japan by Tom GillMatthew Marr
- MN 57:1 (2002) 129–32Closing the Shop: Information Cartels and Japan’s Mass Media by Laurie Anne FreemanVerena Blechinger