Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
Monumenta Nipponica Volume 9, Number 1/2 (1953)- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 1–33Naturalism in Japanese LiteratureOscar Benl
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 34–61Kamo Mabuchi und das ManyōshūHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 54–61Mabuchis Einleitung zum Manyō-kōKamo Mabuchi, Translated by Heinrich Dumoulin
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 62–82The Literary Introduction of Japan to Europe (Part 3)Thomas Baty
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 83–108L’orientaliste Guillaume Postel et la découverte spirituelle du Japon en 1552Henri Bernard-Maitre
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 109–54Kumagai Buzen-no-kami Motonao: Leben und Tod eines christlichen Samurai (Part 2)Hubert Cieslik
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 155–98Daidōruijuhō: Klassifizierte Rezepte der Daidōperoide (806–810): Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Textes und seiner Kritik durch die KokugakugelehrtenOtto Karow
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 199–257Comparative Treatment of the Japanese Language (Part 3)Johannes Rahder
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 258–76Chinese Characters (Part 2)Jōken Katō
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 277–303A Chapter on Reality from the Madhyāntavibhāgaçāstra (Part 1)Paul Wilfred O’Brien
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 284–303A Commentary on Discrimination Between the Mean and Extremes By the Bodhisattva Vasubandhu, Translated Under Imperial Command by Hsüan Tsang Tripitaka Master of the T’ang Dynasty, Chapter the Third: A Discussion of Reality (Tattva)Translated by Paul Wilfred O’Brien
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 304–29KyūhanjōCarmen Blacker
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 309–29Conditions in an Old Feudal ClanFukuzawa Yukichi, Translated by Carmen Blacker
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 330–56Samidare-shō (Part 2)Baien Miura and Miura Susumu, Translated by Leon Hurvitz
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 357–58Tagebücher Aus Asien by Hans-Hasso, Veltheim-OstrauHubert Schweitzer
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 358–60Cinquante Annees D’Orientalisme Français by Bulletin de la Société des Etudes IndochinoisesHenri Bernard-Maitre
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 361–62Die Entwicklung der Japanischen Poetik bis zum 16. Jahrhundert by Oscar BenlHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 362–64Bluejackets with Perry in Japan, A day-by-day account kept by Master’s Mate by John R. C. Lewis, William B. Allen, Henry F. GraftThomas Baty
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 364–65Gendai Nihon Shōshi. (A Short History of Modern Japan) by Yanaibara TadaoWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 365–66The Left Wing in Japanese Politics by Evelyn S. ColbertPeter J. Herzog
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 366–67Die Anfänge der Mission von Miyako. (Missionswissenschaftliche Abhandlungen und Texte, Heft 16) by Johannes LauresHubert Cieslik
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 367–68Land and Peasant in Japan by Andrew J. GradLucy S. Itō
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 368–69Japan Heute. Nippon Lächelt Wieder by Peter SchmidHans Müller
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 369–70Geschichte des Chinesischen Reiches. Eine Darstellung seiner Entstehung, seines Wesens und seiner Entwickjlung bis zur neuesten Zeit by Otto FrankeWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 370Biographies of Mēng Hao-Jan by Hans H. FrankelWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 372–73Storia dell’ Introduzione del Cristianesimo in Cina, Scrítta da Matteo Ricci S. I. Parte II: Libri IV–V, Da Nanciam a Pechino (1597–1600–1611). NN.501–1000. Parte III: Appendici e Indici by Pasquale M. D’EliaJohannes Laures
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 373–75Gendai Chūgoku Jiten. (Contemporary China Encyclopedia) by Chūgoku KenkyūshoWilhelm Schiffer