Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 45:3 (1990) 381–84Pearl Harbor Reexamined: Prologue to the Pacific War by Hilary Conroy, Harry WrayJohn Hunter Boyle- MN 45:3 (1990) 384–86Changing Song: The Marxist Manifestos of Nakano Shigeharu by Miriam SilverbergWilliam Miles Fletcher III
- MN 45:3 (1990) 386–88Masterworks of the Nō Theater by Kenneth YasudaRebecca Teele
- MN 45:3 (1990) 388–89Butoh: Shades of Darkness by Jean Viala, Nourit Masson-SekineDavid G. Goodman
- MN 45:3 (1990) 389–90Verzeichnis des deutschsprachigen Japan-Schrifttums 1980–1987 by Susanne Formanek, Peter GetreuerNorbert R. Adami
- MN 45:3 (1990) 1990Monumenta Nipponica Volume 45, Number 3, 1990
MN 45:2 (1990) 127–55Edo in 1868: The View from BelowM. William Steele- MN 45:2 (1990) 157–88Poetic Apprenticeship: Fujiwara Teika’s Shogaku HyakushuRoselee Bundy
- MN 45:2 (1990) 189–205The Japonian Charters: The English and Dutch ShuinjōDerek Massarella and Izumi K. Tytler
- MN 45:2 (1990) 207–28Meiji in the Rear-View Mirror: Top Down vs. Bottom Up HistoryF. G. Notehelfer
- MN 45:2 (1990) 229–31The Artistry of Aeschylus and Zeami: A Comparative Study of Greek Tragedy and Nō by Mae J. SmethurstMichiko Yusa
- MN 45:2 (1990) 231–34Five Plays of Kishida Kunio by David G. Goodman, Richard McKinnon, J. Thomas RimerTed T. Takaya
- MN 45:2 (1990) 234–36Britain’s Encounter with Meiji Japan, 1868–1912 by Olive ChecklandJanet Hunter
- MN 45:2 (1990) 236–39Plain Words on the Pure Land Way: Sayings of the Wandering Monks of Medieval Japan. A Translation of Ichigon Hōdan by Dennis HirotaRobert E. Morrell
- MN 45:2 (1990) 239–42Shintō and the State, 1868–1988 by Helen HardacreDavid A. Titus
- MN 45:2 (1990) 242–45The Formation of Science in Japan: Building a Research Tradition by James R. BartholomewKenkichiro Koizumi
- MN 45:2 (1990) 245–48Ten Great Educators of Modern Japan: A Japanese Perspective by Benjamin C. DukeVictor Kobayashi
- MN 45:2 (1990) 248–51International Studies in Japan: A Bibliographic Guide. by Sadao Asada; Japan and the World, 1853–1952: A Bibliographic Guide to Japanese Scholarship in Foreign Relations by Sadao AsadaKimitada I. Miwa
- MN 45:2 (1990) 1990Monumenta Nipponica Volume 45, Number 2, 1990
MN 45:1 (1990) 7–26Yōkihi MonogatariTranslated by Masako Nakagawa Graham- MN 45:1 (1990) 1–26The Consort and the Warrior: Yōkihi MonogatariMasako Nakagawa Graham
- MN 45:1 (1990) 27–38The Great Feast of the EnthronementFelicia Gressitt Bock
- MN 45:1 (1990) 39–74Ghostwriters and Literary Haunts: Subordinating Ethics to Art in Ugetsu MonogatariDennis Washburn
- MN 45:1 (1990) 75–85Saddle Bows and Rump Plumes: More on the Fujinoki TombJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 45:1 (1990) 87–94Cultural Survey, 1989
- MN 45:1 (1990) 95–98The Tale of the Heike by Helen Craig McCulloughCarol Hochstedler
- MN 45:1 (1990) 98–100Divided Self: A Biography of Arishima Takeo by Leith MortonPaul Anderer
- MN 45:1 (1990) 100–103The Sting of Life: Four Contemporary Japanese Novelists by Van C. GesselChia-Ning Chang
- MN 45:1 (1990) 103–106A Future of Ice: Poems and Stories of a Japanese Buddhist by Kenji Miyazawa, Hiroaki SatoSarah M. Strong
- MN 45:1 (1990) 106–109Eigo Taiyakuban: Sarada Kinenbi by Tawara Machi, Jack Stamm; Salad Anniversary by Machi Tawara, Juliet Winters CarpenterMichael Cooper
- MN 45:1 (1990) 109–11The Japanese Informal Empire in China, 1895–1937 by Peter Duus, Ramon H. Myers, Mark PeattieRobert B. Valliant
- MN 45:1 (1990) 112–14State and Intellectual in Imperial Japan: The Public Man in Crisis by Andrew E. BarshayGermaine A. Hoston
- MN 45:1 (1990) 115–17The Lotus Sutra in Japanese Culture by George J. Tanabe, Jr, Willa Jane TanabePaul L. Swanson
- MN 45:1 (1990) 117–18Maitreya, the Future Buddha by Allan Sponberg, Helen HardacreGeorge J. Tanabe
- MN 45:1 (1990) 119–21The Art of Zen: Paintings and Calligraphy by Japanese Monks, 1600–1925 by Stephen AddissFrederick Baekeland
- MN 45:1 (1990) 121–23Chanoyu: The Urasenke Tradition of Tea by Sōshitsu Sen XV, Alfred Birnbaum; Tea in Japan: Essays on the History of Chanoyu by Paul Varley, Kumakura IsaoHerbert Plutschow
- MN 45:1 (1990) 124–25Japanese Schooling: Patterns of Socialization, Equality, and Political Control by James J. Shields, Jr.Merry I. White
- MN 45:1 (1990) 125–26A Guide to Reference Books for Japanese Studies by The International House of Japan LibraryJohn J. Stephan
- MN 45:1 (1990) 1990Monumenta Nipponica Volume 45, Number 1, 1990
MN 44:4 (1989) 391–413The Nocturnal Muse: Ben no Naishi NikkiBen no Naishi, Translated by Shirley Yumiko Hulvey- MN 44:4 (1989) 415–60The Fujinoki SarcophagusJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 44:4 (1989) 469–83Ryokō YōjinshūYasumi Roan, Translated by Constantine Nomikos Vaporis
- MN 44:4 (1989) 461–83Caveat Viator: Advice to Travelers in the Edo PeriodConstantine Nomikos Vaporis
- MN 44:4 (1989) 485–93Tales of PietyMarian Ury
- MN 44:4 (1989) 495–96The Pleasures of Japanese Literature by Donald KeeneD. E. Mills
- MN 44:4 (1989) 497–98A Reader’s Guide to Japanese Literature by J. Thomas RimerMargaret H. Childs
- MN 44:4 (1989) 498–501Ezra Pound and Japan: Letters and Essays by Sanehide KodamaHosea Hirata
- MN 44:4 (1989) 501–504Lordship and Inheritance in Early Medieval Japan: A Study of the Kamakura Sōryō System by Jeffrey P. MassCarl Steenstrup