Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 56:2 (2001) 292–94Word-Processing Technology in Japan: Kanji and the Keyboard by Nanette Gottlieb; Dennō kokubungaku: Intānetto de hirogaru koten no sekai by Kanji Bunken Jōhō Shori KenkyūkaiMichael G. Watson- MN 56:2 (2001) 2001Monumenta Nipponica Volume 56, Number 2, 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
- MN 56:1 (2001) 2001Monumenta Nipponica Volume 56, Number 1, 2001
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
- MN 55:4 (2000) 2000Monumenta Nipponica Volume 55, Number 4, 2000
MN 55:3 (2000) 327–68Shadows of Transgression: Heian and Kamakura Constructions of ProstitutionJanet R. Goodwin- MN 55:3 (2000) 369–98Interview with a Bakumatsu Official: A Translation from Kyūji Shimonroku (Part 1)Anna Beerens