Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 40:2 (1985) 247–48Kabuki, Holzschnitt, Japonismus: Japonica in der Theatersammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek by Thomas Leims, Ilse Chlan, Leopoldine PavlicekDetlef Schauwecker- MN 40:2 (1985) 248–49Shogun: The Shogun Age Exhibition by Shogun Age Exhibition CommitteeChristine Guth Kanda
- MN 40:2 (1985) 250–51Ansätze modernen Denkens in den Religionen Japans by Hajime Nakamura; Beihefte der Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte by Siegfried Schultz, Anke Schomaker-HuettArcadio Schwade
- MN 40:2 (1985) 251–53Miraculous Tales of the Lotus Sutra from Ancient Japan: The Dainihonkoku Hokekyōkenki of Priest Chingen by Yoshiko K. DykstraMargaret H. Childs
- MN 40:2 (1985) 253–55A Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist Terms by Hisao Inagaki, P. G. O’NeillGeorge J. Tanabe
- MN 40:2 (1985) 1985Monumenta Nipponica Volume 40, Number 2, 1985
MN 40:1 (1985) 1–37Musical Instruction in Meiji Education: A Study of Adaptation and AssimilationUry Eppstein- MN 40:1 (1985) 39–67The Danka SystemKenneth A. Marcure
- MN 40:1 (1985) 69–96Forging the Past: Medieval Counterfeit DocumentsHitomi Tonomura
- MN 40:1 (1985) 97–106CorrespondenceHerman Ooms and Joyce Ackroyd
- MN 40:1 (1985) 107–10Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature of the Modern Era by Donald KeeneMakoto Ueda
- MN 40:1 (1985) 110–13Tanrokubon: Rare Books of Seventeenth Century Japan by Kogorō Yoshida, Ryūshin Matsumoto, Mark A. HarbisonK. B. Gardner
- MN 40:1 (1985) 113–15Retreat from Reform: Patterns of Political Behavior in Interwar Japan by Sharon MinichielloBen-Ami Shillony
- MN 40:1 (1985) 115–18Dialektik der absoluten Vemittlung: Hajime Tanabes Religionsphilosophie als Beitrag zum ‘Wettstreit der Liebe’ zwischen Buddhismus und Christentum by Johannes LaubeJames W. Heisig
- MN 40:1 (1985) 118–20Lay Buddhism in Contemporary Japan: Reiyūkai Kyōdan by Helen HardacreRobert Ellwood
- MN 40:1 (1985) 120–22Japanese Papermaking: Tradition, Tools, and Techniques by Timothy BarrettSukey Hughes
- MN 40:1 (1985) 122–26Saibara: Japanese Court Songs of the Heian Period by Elizabeth J. MarkhamSteven G. Nelson
- MN 40:1 (1985) 1985Monumenta Nipponica Volume 40, Number 1, 1985
MN 39:4 (1984) 371–92Peripheries: Rural Culture in Tokugawa JapanAnne Walthall- MN 39:4 (1984) 393–407The Lotus Lectures: Hokke Hakkō in the Heian PeriodWilla Jane Tanabe
- MN 39:4 (1984) 409–34Mumyōzōshi (Part 3)Translated by Michele Marra
- MN 39:4 (1984) 435–43Dialect in Tanizaki’s ShunkinshōWard Geddes
- MN 39:4 (1984) 445–52The National Noh TheaterJanet E. Goff
- MN 39:4 (1984) 453Ariyoshi Sawako, 1931–1984
- MN 39:4 (1984) 455–57The Changelings: A Classical Japanese Court Tale by Rosette F. WilligThomas J. Harper
- MN 39:4 (1984) 457–59Dazai Osamu: Selected Stories and Sketches by James O’BrienDavid J. Brudnoy
- MN 39:4 (1984) 459–63State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan: Asia in the Development of the Tokugawa Bakufu by Ronald P. TobyJohn Whitney Hall
- MN 39:4 (1984) 463–64History in the Service of the Japanese Nation by John S. BrownleeGrant K. Goodman
- MN 39:4 (1984) 464–66The Justice of the Western Consular Courts in Nineteenth Century Japan by Richard T. ChangJ. E. Hoare
- MN 39:4 (1984) 467–68Kodō Zuroku: Illustrated Book on the Smelting of Copper by Masuda Tsuna, Cyril Stanley SmithJames R. Bartholomew
- MN 39:4 (1984) 468–70Politics and Sinology: The Case of Naitō Konan (1866–1934) by Joshua A. FogelSharon H. Nolte
- MN 39:4 (1984) 471–72Japanese Society: Tradition, Self and the Social Order by Robert J. SmithDavid W. Plath
- MN 39:4 (1984) 472–74Freedom of Expression in Japan: A Study in Comparative Law, Politics, and Society by Lawrence Ward BeerDavid Wessels
- MN 39:4 (1984) 474–76On the Art of Nō Drama: The Major Treatises of Zeami by J. Thomas Rimer, Yamazaki MasakazuP. G. O'Neill
- MN 39:4 (1984) 476–80Iconography of The Tale of Genji: Genji Monogatari Ekotoba by Miyeko MuraseJulia Meech-Pekarik
- MN 39:4 (1984) 481–84Passages on the Pure Land Way: A Translation of Shinran’s Jōdo monrui jushō by Yoshifumi Ueda; The True Teaching, Practice and Realization of the Pure Land Way. A Translation of Shinran’s Kyōgyōshinshō, Volume I by Yoshifumi UedaThomas P. Kasulis
- MN 39:4 (1984) 484–86A Dictionary of Buddhist Terms and Concepts by Nichiren Shōshū International CenterGeorge J. Tanabe
- MN 39:4 (1984) 1984Monumenta Nipponica Volume 39, Number 4, 1984
MN 39:3 (1984) 233–60Sexy Rice: Plant Gender, Farm Manuals, and Grass-Roots NativismJennifer Robertson- MN 39:3 (1984) 261–79Parody in Kyōgen: Makura Monogurui and TakoCarolyn Haynes
- MN 39:3 (1984) 270–79Makura Monogurui (Pillow Mania)Translated by Carolyn Haynes
- MN 39:3 (1984) 277–79Tako (The Octopus)Translated by Carolyn Haynes
- MN 39:3 (1984) 281–305Mumyōzōshi (Part 2)Translated by Michele Marra
- MN 39:3 (1984) 307–31Yamadadera: Tragedy and TriumphMary Neighbour Parent
- MN 39:3 (1984) 333–50Hakuseki’s Reading of HistoryHerman Ooms
- MN 39:3 (1984) 351–52Grass Hill: Poems and Prose by the Japanese Monk Gensei by Burton WatsonMartin Collcutt
- MN 39:3 (1984) 353–55A History of Japanese Literature: The Modern Years by Shuichi Kato, Don SandersonJames A. O'Brien
- MN 39:3 (1984) 355–58Injurious to Public Morals: Writers and the Meiji State by Jay RubinJames L. Huffman