Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 43:1 (1988) 63–93Old Stories, New Mode: Ejima Kiseki’s Ukiyo Oyaji KatagiCharles E. Fox- MN 43:1 (1988) 95–100Tribute to a Teacher: Uchimura Kanzō’s Letter to William Smith ClarkJanet E. Goff
- MN 43:1 (1988) 101–103The Tale of the Soga Brothers by Thomas J. CoganSusan Matisoff
- MN 43:1 (1988) 104–106The Mother of Dreams and Other Short Stories: Portrayals of Women in Modern Japanese Fiction by Makoto UedaPhyllis I. Lyons
- MN 43:1 (1988) 107–10A Play of Mirrors: Eight Major Poets of Modern Japan by Ōoka Makoto, Thomas FitzsimmonsRobert Epp
- MN 43:1 (1988) 110–12Victorians in Japan: In and around the Treaty Ports by Hugh Cortazzi; Japan in the Victorian Mind: A Study of Stereotyped Images of a Nation, 1850–80 by Toshio YokoyamaMichael Cooper
- MN 43:1 (1988) 112–15Japan Prepares for Total War: The Search for Economic Security, 1919–1941 by Michael A. BarnhartAlvin D. Coox
- MN 43:1 (1988) 115–17Fire Across the Sea: The Vietnam War and Japan, 1965–1975 by Thomas R. H. HavensDavid J. Lu
- MN 43:1 (1988) 117–20Young Man Shinran: A Reappraisal of Shinran’s Life by Takamichi TakahatakeDennis Hirota
- MN 43:1 (1988) 120–22The True Teaching, Practice and Realization of the Pure Land Way: A Translation of Shinran’s Kyōgyōshinshō, Volume III by Yoshifumi UedaMinor Lee Rogers
- MN 43:1 (1988) 123–25Japanese Castles by Motoo Hinago, William H. CoaldrakeBruce A. Coats
- MN 43:1 (1988) 125–26Family Change and the Life Course in Japan by Susan Orpett LongAnne E. Imamura
- MN 43:1 (1988) 127–30Urban Japanese Housewives: At Home and in the Community by Anne E. Imamura; The Japanese Educational Challenge: A Commitment to Children by Merry WhiteWilliam W. Kelly
- MN 43:1 (1988) 130–31Country Textiles of Japan: The Art of Tsutsugaki by Reiko Mochinaga BrandonMarie Lyman
- MN 43:1 (1988) 1988Monumenta Nipponica Volume 43, Number 1, 1988
MN 42:4 (1987) 399–429Eiga no ItteiFujiwara no Tameie, Translated by Robert H. Brower- MN 42:4 (1987) 391–429The Foremost Style of Poetic Composition: Fujiwara Tameie’s Eiga no ItteiRobert H. Brower
- MN 42:4 (1987) 431–47School Songs Before and After the War: From ‘Children Tank Soldiers’ to ‘Everyone a Good Child’Ury Eppstein
- MN 42:4 (1987) 449–55First Steps into the Mountains: Motoori Norinaga’s UiyamabumiSey Nishimura
- MN 42:4 (1987) 456–93UiyamabumiMotoori Norinaga, Translated by Sey Nishimura
- MN 42:4 (1987) 495–98Tokugawa Ideology: Early Constructs, 1570–1680 by Herman OomsSamuel Hideo Yamashita
- MN 42:4 (1987) 499–501Buddhism and Christianity in Japan: From Conflict to Dialogue, 1854–1899 by Notto R. ThelleF. G. Notehelfer
- MN 42:4 (1987) 501–502Japan and Britain at the Crossroads, 1939–1941: A Study in the Dilemmas of Japanese Diplomacy by Kyozo SatoIan Nish
- MN 42:4 (1987) 502–505Law and the State in Traditional East Asia: Six Studies on the Sources of East Asian Law by Brian E. McKnightJ. Mark Ramseyer
- MN 42:4 (1987) 505–507The Logic of Unity: The Discovery of Zero and Emptiness in Prajñāpāramitā Thought by Hōsaku Matsuo, Kenneth K. InadaMichiko Yusa
- MN 42:4 (1987) 507–508Minka: Traditional Houses of Rural Japan by Chūji Kawashima, Lynne E. RiggsYoshihiro Takishita
- MN 42:4 (1987) 509–510Roberts’ Guide to Japanese Museums of Art and Archaeology by Laurance P. RobertsMichael Cooper
- MN 42:4 (1987) 511–516CorrespondenceAnn Waswo and Richard J. Smethurst
- MN 42:4 (1987) 1987Monumenta Nipponica Volume 42, Number 4, 1987
MN 42:3 (1987) 258–69A Tale of HatsuseTranslated by Margaret H. Childs- MN 42:3 (1987) 270–88AkimichiTranslated by Margaret H. Childs
- MN 42:3 (1987) 253–88Didacticism in Medieval Short Stories: Hatsuse Monogatari and AkimichiMargaret H. Childs
- MN 42:3 (1987) 289–98Recent Soviet Studies in Pre-Modern Japanese LiteratureA. Kabanov
- MN 42:3 (1987) 309–30Kingyoku Uta-awaseTranslated by Robert N. Huey
- MN 42:3 (1987) 299–330The Kingyoku Poetry ContestRobert N. Huey
- MN 42:3 (1987) 331–45Riken no Ken: Zeami’s Theory of Acting and Theatrical AppreciationMichiko Yusa
- MN 42:3 (1987) 347–56Lineation of Tanka in English TranslationHiroaki Sato
- MN 42:3 (1987) 357–58Japanische Parodie im 17. Jahrhundert: Studien zum Nise-Monogatari by Günther WenckPeter F. Kornicki
- MN 42:3 (1987) 359–62Epidemics and Mortality in Early Modern Japan by Ann Bowman JannettaWilliam Wayne Farris
- MN 42:3 (1987) 362–63Anti-Foreignism and Western Learning in Early-Modern Japan: The New Theses of 1825 by Bob Tadashi WakabayashiGrant K. Goodman
- MN 42:3 (1987) 364–66Agricultural Development and Tenancy Disputes in Japan, 1870 to 1940 by Richard J. SmethurstAnn Waswo
- MN 42:3 (1987) 367–69Marxism and the Crisis of Development in Prewar Japan by Germaine A. HostonThomas R. H. Havens
- MN 42:3 (1987) 369–71Tokutomi Sohō (1863–1957): The Later Career by Sinh VinhJames L. Huffman
- MN 42:3 (1987) 371–74Einführung in das Studium der japanischen Geschichte by Hans Adalbert DettmerCarl Steenstrup
- MN 42:3 (1987) 375–77Images of Japanese Society: A Study in the Structure of Social Reality by Ross Mouer, Yoshio SugimotoMiriam Silverberg
- MN 42:3 (1987) 377–79Educational Policies in Crisis: Japanese and American Perspectives by William K. Cummings, Edward R. Beauchamp, Shogo Ichikawa, Victor N. Kobayashi, Morikazu UshiogiH. J. Jones
- MN 42:3 (1987) 379–81Shōbōgenzō: Zen Essays by Dōgen by Thomas ClearyRuben L. F. Habito
- MN 42:3 (1987) 381–83Death Was His Kōan: The Samurai-Zen of Suzuki Shōsan by Winston L. KingPaul B. Watt