Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 44:3 (1989) 354–56Shogunal Politics: Arai Hakuseki and the Premises of Tokugawa Rule by Kate Wildman NakaiHarold Bolitho- MN 44:3 (1989) 356–57An American Scientist in Early Meiji Japan: The Autobiographical Notes of Thomas C. Mendenhall by Richard RubingerHelen J. Ballhatchet
- MN 44:3 (1989) 358–60The Birth of the Japanese Labor Movement: Takano Fusatarō and the Rōdō Kumiai Kiseikai by Stephen E. MarslandStephen S. Large
- MN 44:3 (1989) 360–63Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar Japan by Mikiso HaneMartha C. Tocco
- MN 44:3 (1989) 363–65Rakka Ryūsui: Colonel Akashi’s Report on His Secret Cooperation with the Russian Revolutionary Parties during the Russo-Japanese War by Inaba Chiharu, Olavi K. Fält, Antti KujalaJohn J. Stephan
- MN 44:3 (1989) 365–67Innocence Is Not Enough: The Life and Death of Herbert Norman by Roger BowenRoger Dingman
- MN 44:3 (1989) 367–70The Origins of the Korean Community in Japan, 1910–1923 by Michael WeinerRoger Bowen
- MN 44:3 (1989) 370–71The Occupation of Japan: Arts and Culture by Thomas W. BurkmanGrant K. Goodman
- MN 44:3 (1989) 372–74Neighborhood Tokyo by Theodore C. BestorWalter Edwards
- MN 44:3 (1989) 375–77The Dual Image of the Japanese Emperior by Kiyoko TakedaBen-Ami Shillony
- MN 44:3 (1989) 377–80Dōgen’s Manuals of Zen Meditation by Carl BielefeldtHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 44:3 (1989) 380–83Jōdo Shinshū: Shin Buddhism in Medieval Japan by James C. DobbinsAlfred Bloom
- MN 44:3 (1989) 383–85Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism by Taikō Yamasaki, Richard Petersen, Cynthia Petersen; Mantrayana in Japan. by Chikyo YamamotoJames H. Sanford
- MN 44:3 (1989) 385–87Education in Japan: A Source Book by Edward R. Beauchamp, Richard RubingerMerry I. White
- MN 44:3 (1989) 387–89Modern Japan Through Its Weddings: Gender, Person, and Society in Ritual Portrayal by Walter EdwardsDavid W. Plath
- MN 44:3 (1989) 389–90Cultural Atlas of Japan by Martin Collcutt, Marius Jansen, Isao KumakuraMichael Cooper
- MN 44:3 (1989) 1989Monumenta Nipponica Volume 44, Number 3, 1989
MN 44:2 (1989) 137–49Building Bridges and Saving Souls: The Fruits of Evangelism in Medieval JapanJanet R. Goodwin- MN 44:2 (1989) 151–69Not the Least Deserving: The Philosophes and the Religions of JapanJ. A. G. Roberts
- MN 44:2 (1989) 171–98Monogusa Tarō: From Rags to Riches and BeyondVirginia Skord Waters
- MN 44:2 (1989) 186–98Lazy TarōMonogusa Tarō, Translated by Virginia Skord Waters
- MN 44:2 (1989) 199–219Persecuted Patriot: Watanabe Kazan and the Tokugawa BakufuBonnie Abiko
- MN 44:2 (1989) 221–22Muromachi Screen Paintings
- MN 44:2 (1989) 223–24Pilgrimages: Aspects of Japanese Literature and Culture by J. Thomas RimerLaurel Rasplica Rodd
- MN 44:2 (1989) 224–28Things Seen and Unseen: Discourse and Ideology in Tokugawa Nativism by H. D. HarootunianKate Wildman-Nakai
- MN 44:2 (1989) 229–32After the Restoration: The Beginning of Japan’s Modern State by Michio UmegakiGeorge Akita
- MN 44:2 (1989) 233–35Fighting to a Finish: The Politics of War Termination in the United States and Japan, 1945 by Leon V. SigalOtis Cary
- MN 44:2 (1989) 235–39Japanese Drama and Culture in the 1960s: The Return of the Gods by David G. GoodmanJacob Raz
- MN 44:2 (1989) 239–44Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema by David Bordwell; Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema by David DesserKeiko McDonald
- MN 44:2 (1989) 244–45The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei by John StevensHarry Byron Earhart
- MN 44:2 (1989) 246–47Das Ende der Exotik: Zur japanischen Kultur und Gesellschaft der Gegenwart by Irmela Hijiya-KirschnereitFlorian Coulmas
- MN 44:2 (1989) 247–50Intuition and Reflection in Self-consciousness by Nishida Kitarō, Valdo H. Viglielmo, Takeuchi Yoshinori, Joseph S. O’LearyDavid A. Dilworth
- MN 44:2 (1989) 251–53Kiyochika: Artist of Meiji Japan by Henry D. Smith IIFrederick Baekeland
- MN 44:2 (1989) 253–56The Art of the Japanese Book by Jack HillierPeter F. Kornicki
- MN 44:2 (1989) 256–58An Introduction to Japanese Kanbun by Akira Komai, Thomas H. RohlichSydney Crawcour
- MN 44:2 (1989) 258–59Contemporary European Writing on Japan: Scholarly Views from Eastern & Western Europe by Ian NishMichael Cooper
- MN 44:2 (1989) 1989Monumenta Nipponica Volume 44, Number 2, 1989
MN 44:1 (1989) 1–30A Neglected Chapter: Courtly Fiction of the Kamakura PeriodDonald Keene- MN 44:1 (1989) 31–44The Little-Lad Deity and the Dragon Princess: Jesus in a New World-Renewal MovementRichard Fox Young
- MN 44:1 (1989) 45–74Sacral Kingship and Confederacy in Early IzumoJoan R. Piggott
- MN 44:1 (1989) 75–97Modernism Minceur, or Is Japan Postmodern?David Pollack
- MN 44:1 (1989) 99–100Shōwa 64, Heisei 1
- MN 44:1 (1989) 101Sawada Tetsuya, 1921–1988
- MN 44:1 (1989) 103–106CorrespondenceKenneth Henshall
- MN 44:1 (1989) 107–109Nature and Identity in Canadian and Japanese Literature by Kinya Tsuruta, Theodore GoossenSandra Buckley
- MN 44:1 (1989) 109–13Contemporary Japanese Literature by Ivar IvaskJohn Whittier Treat
- MN 44:1 (1989) 113–15Palm of the Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata, Lane Dunlop, J. Martin HolmanSusan J. Napier
- MN 44:1 (1989) 115–19Pools of Water, Pillars of Fire: The Literature of Ibuse Masuji by John Whittier TreatAnthony V. Liman