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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) 253–88Didacticism in Medieval Short Stories: Hatsuse Monogatari and AkimichiMargaret H. Childs- 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) 289–98Recent Soviet Studies in Pre-Modern Japanese LiteratureA. Kabanov
- MN 42:3 (1987) 299–330The Kingyoku Poetry ContestRobert N. Huey
- MN 42:3 (1987) 309–30Kingyoku Uta-awaseTranslated by Robert 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
- MN 42:3 (1987) 384–86A Zen Life: D. T. Suzuki Remembered by Masao Abe, Francis HaarJohn C. Maraldo
- MN 42:3 (1987) 386–88The Great Eastern Temple: Treasures of Japanese Buddhist Art from Tōdai-Ji by Yutaka Mino, John M. Rosenfield, William H. Coaldrake, Samuel C. Morse, Christine M. E. GuthWilla Jane Tanabe
- MN 42:3 (1987) 388–90Wenceslau de Moraes (1854–1929) und Japan: Eine Untersuchung zur Selbstdarstellung in der exotischen Literatur des Fin de Siècle in Portugal by Helmut FeldmannEngelbert Jorissen
- MN 42:3 (1987) 390Erratum
- MN 42:3 (1987) 1987Monumenta Nipponica Volume 42, Number 3, 1987
MN 42:2 (1987) 115–55The Mismeasure of Land: Land Surveying in the Tokugawa PeriodPhilip C. Brown- MN 42:2 (1987) 157–66The Courtly Model: Chōmei and Kiyomori in JikkinshōWard Geddes
- MN 42:2 (1987) 164–66JikkinshōKamo no Chōmei, Translated by Ward Geddes
- MN 42:2 (1987) 167–209Sōgi in the East Country: Shirakawa KikōSteven D. Carter
- MN 42:2 (1987) 180–209Record of a Journey to ShirakawaSōgi, Translated by Steven D. Carter
- MN 42:2 (1987) 211–17An Explanation of Beauty: Nishida Kitarō’s Bi no SetsumeiSteve Odin
- MN 42:2 (1987) 215–17An Explanation of Beauty: Bi no SetsumeiKitarō Nishida, Translated by Steve Odin
- MN 42:2 (1987) 219–29Interpreting Literary HistoryHaruo Shirane
- MN 42:2 (1987) 231–32Ikkyū and the Crazy Cloud Anthology: A Zen Poet of Medieval Japan by Sonja ArntzenJames H. Sanford
- MN 42:2 (1987) 232–35The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature by Earl Miner, Hiroko Odagiri, Robert E. MorrellEleanor Kerkham
- MN 42:2 (1987) 236–38The Fracture of Meaning: Japan’s Synthesis of China from the Eighth through the Eighteenth Centuries by David PollackRobert E. Morrell
- MN 42:2 (1987) 239–40Japanese History: A Guide to Survey Histories, Part II: Literature by Naomi FukudaNobuko Miyama Ochner
- MN 42:2 (1987) 240–42Japan in Transition: From Tokugawa to Meiji by Marius B. Jansen, Gilbert RozmanRoger Bowen
- MN 42:2 (1987) 243–45Liberalism in Modern Japan: Ishibashi Tanzan and His Teachers, 1905–1960 by Sharon H. NoltePeter Duus