Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 55:1 (2000) 128–29Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. DowerSimon Partner- MN 55:1 (2000) 129–32Entstehung und Morphologie des klassischen Kyōgen im 17. Jahrhundert: Vom mittelalterlichen Theater der Aussenseiter zum Kammerspiel des Shogunats by Stanca Scholz-CioncaGünter Zobel
- MN 55:1 (2000) 132–35Wandering Heart: The Work and Method of Hayashi Fumiko by Susanna FesslerEve Zimmerman
- MN 55:1 (2000) 135–38Gender Is Fair Game: (Re)Thinking the (Fe)Male in the Works of Ōba Minako by Michiko Niikuni WilsonEileen B. Mikals-Adachi
- MN 55:1 (2000) 138–39Wasser-Spuren: Festschrift für Wolfram Naumann zum 65. Geburtstag by Stanca Scholz-CioncaJohann Nawrocki
- MN 55:1 (2000) 139–42Hōnen’s Senchakushū: Passages on the Selection of the Nembutsu in the Original Vow (Senchaku hongan nembutsu shū) by Senchakushū English Translation ProjectDennis Hirota
- MN 55:1 (2000) 142–44Japans Blinde Sänger im Schutz der Gottheit Myōon-Benzaiten by Ingrid FritschSilvain Guignard
- MN 55:1 (2000) 144–46Practically Religious: Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan by Ian Reader, George J. Tanabe, Jr.Karen A. Smyers
- MN 55:1 (2000) 147–49Interkulturelle Philosophie und Phänomenologie in Japan by Tadashi Ogawa, Michael Lazarin, Guido RappeJoseph S. O'Leary
- MN 55:1 (2000) 149–52Hiroshima Traces: Time, Space, and the Dialectics of Memory by Lisa YoneyamaGerald Figal
- MN 55:1 (2000) 152–54Zen Buddhist Landscape Arts in Early Muromachi Japan (1336–1573) by Joseph D. ParkerSonja Arntzen
- MN 55:1 (2000) 154–57Hiraizumi: Buddhist Art and Regional Politics in Twelfth-Century Japan by Mimi Hall YiengpruksawanSamuel C. Morse
- MN 55:1 (2000) 157–59Pachinko monogatari: Soziokulturelle Exploration der japanischen Glücks- spielindustrie by Wolfram ManzenreiterStanca Scholz-Cionca
- MN 55:1 (2000) 2000Monumenta Nipponica Volume 55, Number 1, 2000
MN 54:4 (1999) 435–80“I Am I”: Genji and MurasakiRoyall Tyler- MN 54:4 (1999) 481–507From Conqueror of Evil to Devil King: Ryōgen and Notions of Ma in Medieval Japanese BuddhismHaruko Wakabayashi
- MN 54:4 (1999) 509–520Itō Jinsai and the Meanings of WordsI. J. McMullen
- MN 54:4 (1999) 521–528War, Memory, Literature: Does Comparison Make Sense?Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
- MN 54:4 (1999) 529–531Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics by Gregory SmitsLuke S. Roberts
- MN 54:4 (1999) 531–536The Spirit of Japanese Law by John Owen Haley; Der deutsche Anteil an der Gestaltung des modernen japanischen Rechts- und Verfassungswesens: Deutsche Rechtsberater im Japan der Meiji-Zeit by Paul-Christian SchenckF. B. Verwayen
- MN 54:4 (1999) 536–538Manufacturing Ideology: Scientific Management in Twentieth-Century Japan by William M. TsutsuiMatthias Koch
- MN 54:4 (1999) 538–540The Japanese Empire in East Asia and Its Postwar Legacy by Harald FuessDouglas R. Reynolds
- MN 54:4 (1999) 541–543Japanische Religionspolitik in der Mongolei 1932–1945: Reformbestrebungen und Dialog zwischen japanischem und mongolischem Buddhismus by Li NarangoaPeter Kleinen
- MN 54:4 (1999) 543–546The Nanjing Massacre: A Japanese Journalist Confronts Japan’s National Shame by Honda Katsuichi, Frank Gibney, Karen SandnessJoshua A. Fogel
- MN 54:4 (1999) 546–548The Wages of Affluence: Labor and Management in Postwar Japan by Andrew GordonWilliam M. Tsutsui
- MN 54:4 (1999) 549–552Chaos and Order in the Works of Natsume Sōseki by Angela Yiu; Rereading Sōseki: Three Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Novels by Reiko Abe AuestadStephen Dodd
- MN 54:4 (1999) 552–555Shredding the Tapestry of Meaning: The Poetry and Poetics of Kitasono Katue (1902–1978) by John SoltMiryam Sas
- MN 54:4 (1999) 555–556Kata-imi et Kata-tagae: Étude sur les interdits de direction à époque Heian by Bernard FrankCharlotte von Verschuer
- MN 54:4 (1999) 556–558The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality by Bernard FaureWilliam R. LaFleur
- MN 54:4 (1999) 558–561Charisma and Community Formation in Medieval Japan: The Case of the Yugyō-ha (1300–1700) by S. A. ThorntonJanet R. Goodwin
- MN 54:4 (1999) 561–564Nakatomi Harae Kunge: Purification and Enlightenment in Late-Heian Japan by Mark J. Teeuwen, Hendrik van der Veere; Traité sur l’inépuisable Lampe du Zen: Tōrei (1721–1792) et sa vision de l’eveil by Michel MohrThierry Jean Roboüam
- MN 54:4 (1999) 564–566Religions of Japan in Practice by George J. TanabeMark R. Mullins
- MN 54:4 (1999) 566–568Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography by Elizabeth ten GrotenhuisMimi Hall Yiengpruksawan
- MN 54:4 (1999) 569–571The Last Tosa: Iwasa Katsumochi Matabei, Bridge to Ukiyo-e by Sandy KitaLaura W. Allen
- MN 54:4 (1999) 571–573Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan by Jennifer RobertsonSabine Frühstück
- MN 54:4 (1999) 1999Monumenta Nipponica Volume 54, Number 4, 1999
MN 54:3 (1999) 305–31Bamboo Voice Peach Blossom: Speech, Silence, and Subjective ExperienceMatthew Mizenko- MN 54:3 (1999) 333–60Quest for a New Written Language: Western Rhetoric and the Genbun Itchi MovementMassimiliano Tomasi
- MN 54:3 (1999) 361–85Myth in Metamorphosis: Ancient and Medieval Versions of the Yamatotakeru LegendJun'ichi Isomae
- MN 54:3 (1999) 387–93Mastering HentaiganaAileen Gatten
- MN 54:3 (1999) 395–97Japan’s Protoindustrial Elite: The Economic Foundations of the Gōnō by Edward E. PrattKären Wigen
- MN 54:3 (1999) 397–99A History of Shōwa Japan, 1926–1989 by Takafusa Nakamura, Edwin WhenmouthJ. Victor Koschmann
- MN 54:3 (1999) 400–402A Diary of Darkness: The Wartime Diary of Kiyosawa Kiyoshi by Eugene Soviak, Kamiyama TamieSandra Wilson
- MN 54:3 (1999) 403–405Japan’s War Economy by Erich PauerSimon Partner
- MN 54:3 (1999) 405–408The Clear Mirror: A Chronicle of the Japanese Court during the Kamakura Period (1185–1333) by George W. PerkinsMichael G. Watson
- MN 54:3 (1999) 408–10Principles of Poetry (Shi no Genri) by Hagiwara Sakutarō, Chester C. I. Wang, Isamu P. FukuchiEmi Shimokawa
- MN 54:3 (1999) 410–12An Artless Art: The Zen Aesthetics of Shiga Naoya by Roy StarrsAnn Sherif
- MN 54:3 (1999) 413–15Righteous Cause or Tragic Folly: Changing Views of War in Modern Japanese Poetry by Steve RabsonJoan E. Ericson