Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 45:1 (1990) 1–26The Consort and the Warrior: Yōkihi MonogatariMasako Nakagawa Graham- MN 45:1 (1990) 7–26Yōkihi MonogatariTranslated by Masako 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) 461–83Caveat Viator: Advice to Travelers in the Edo PeriodConstantine Nomikos Vaporis
- MN 44:4 (1989) 469–83Ryokō YōjinshūYasumi Roan, Translated by Constantine 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
- MN 44:4 (1989) 504–505The Green Archipelago: Forestry in Preindustrial Japan by Conrad TotmanJennifer Robertson
- MN 44:4 (1989) 506–507Japan’s Industrialization in the World Economy 1859–99: Export Trade and Overseas Competition by Shinya SugiyamaLinda Grove
- MN 44:4 (1989) 507–509The Changkufeng Incident: A Study in Soviet-Japanese Conflict, 1938 by Michael T. KikuokaJohn Hunter Boyle
- MN 44:4 (1989) 509–511Twelve Plays of the Noh and Kyogen Theaters by Karen BrazellRebecca Teele
- MN 44:4 (1989) 512–513Ankoku Butō: The Premodern and Postmodern Influences on the Dance of Utter Darkness by Susan Blakely KleinDavid G. Goodman
- MN 44:4 (1989) 513–514The History and Theology of Soka Gakkai: A Japanese New Religion by Daniel MetrauxRichard Fox Young
- MN 44:4 (1989) 514–517Gedatsu-kai and Religion in Contemporary Japan: Returning to the Center by H. Byron EarhartRichard Fox Young
- MN 44:4 (1989) 517–520The Body: Toward an Eastern Mind-Body Theory by Yuasa Yasuo, Nagatomo Shigenori, Thomas P. KasulisDavid A. Dilworth
- MN 44:4 (1989) 521–522The Genius of Japanese Carpentry: An Account of a Temple’s Construction by S. Azby BrownBruce A. Coats
- MN 44:4 (1989) 522–523Bungo Manual: Selected Reference Materials for Students of Classical Japanese by Helen Craig McCulloughAileen Gatten
- MN 44:4 (1989) 524–527Protohistoric Yamato: Archaeology of the First Japanese State by Gina L. BarnesJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 44:4 (1989) 1989Monumenta Nipponica Volume 44, Number 4, 1989
MN 44:3 (1989) 261–82Secrets in My Heart: The Poetry of Satō HaruoNobuko Miyama Ochner- MN 44:3 (1989) 283–307Sekkyō-bushiNobuko Ishii
- MN 44:3 (1989) 309–35The Playful Gloss: Rubi in Japanese LiteratureChieko Ariga
- MN 44:3 (1989) 337–45The Darkness at the Foot of the Lighthouse: Recent Research on ShishōsetsuIrmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
- MN 44:3 (1989) 346–47CorrespondenceEdward Fowler and Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
- MN 44:3 (1989) 349–51Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji by Richard BowringLynne K. Miyake
- MN 44:3 (1989) 352–53Akutagawa and Dazai: Instances of Literary Adaptation by James O’BrienMichiko N. Wilson