Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 37:1 (1982) 1–28The Japanese Mission to China, 801–806Robert Borgen- MN 37:1 (1982) 29–39Beyond Byzantium: Aesthetic Pessimism in Mishima’s Modern Noh PlaysJohn K. Gillespie
- MN 37:1 (1982) 55–76The Kaneko Correspondence (Part 1) (Translation)Kaneko Kentarō, Edited by James Kanda and William A. Gifford
- MN 37:1 (1982) 41–76The Kaneko Correspondence (Part 1)James Kanda and William A. Gifford
- MN 37:1 (1982) 89–121A Tale of the Western HillsTakebe Ayatari, Translated by Blake Morgan Young
- MN 37:1 (1982) 77–121A Tale of the Western Hills: Takebe Ayatari’s Nishiyama MonogatariBlake Morgan Young
- MN 37:1 (1982) 123–26The Zen Poems of Ryōkan by Nobuyuki YuasaBurton Watson
- MN 37:1 (1982) 126–28Four Japanese Travel Diaries of the Middle Ages by Herbert Plutschow, Hideichi FukudaBlake Morgan Young
- MN 37:1 (1982) 129–30Some Final Words of Advice by Saikaku Ihara, Peter NoscoJames T. Araki
- MN 37:1 (1982) 130–33Warlords, Artists, and Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century by George Elison, Bardwell L. SmithRobert L. Backus
- MN 37:1 (1982) 134–36When The Twain Meet: The Rise of Western Medicine in Japan by John Z. BowersSusan Orpett Long
- MN 37:1 (1982) 136–38Shingū, A Study of a Japanese Fishing Community by Arne KallandEdward Norbeck
- MN 37:1 (1982) 1982Monumenta Nipponica Volume 37, Number 1, 1982
MN 36:4 (1981) 367–90Before Rikyū: Religious and Aesthetic Influences in the Early History of the Tea CeremonyTheodore M. Ludwig- MN 36:4 (1981) 391–423The Yamagata-Tokutomi Correspondence: Press and Politics in Meiji-Taishō JapanGeorge Akita and Takashi Itō
- MN 36:4 (1981) 425–44Waka in the Age of RengaSteven D. Carter
- MN 36:4 (1981) 445–61The Reizei Family DocumentsRobert H. Brower
- MN 36:4 (1981) 463–68Zen in Medieval JapanH. Paul Varley
- MN 36:4 (1981) 469–72Ōkagami, The Great Mirror: Fujiwara Michinaga (966–1027) and His Times by Helen Craig McCulloughSusan Matisoff
- MN 36:4 (1981) 472–74Rebellion and Democracy in Meiji Japan: A Study of Commoners in the Popular Rights Movement by Roger W. BowenStephen Vlastos
- MN 36:4 (1981) 475Kaga: A Domain Which Changed Slowly by Robert G. Flershem, Yoshiko N. FlershemH. J. Jones
- MN 36:4 (1981) 476–79The Chinese and the Japanese: Essays in Political and Cultural Interactions by Akira IriyeLinda Grove
- MN 36:4 (1981) 479–82Education and Equality in Japan by William K. CummingsJohn Singleton
- MN 36:4 (1981) 482–83Nichiren: Selected Writings by Laurel Rasplica RoddDavid W. Chappell
- MN 36:4 (1981) 484–85Notes on Once-calling and Many-calling: A Translation of Shinran’s Ichinen-tanen mon’i by Yoshifumi UedaPaul O. Ingram
- MN 36:4 (1981) 485–86East Asian Medicine in Urban Japan: Varieties of Medical Experience by Margaret M. LockArthur Kleinman
- MN 36:4 (1981) 1981Monumenta Nipponica Volume 36, Number 4, 1981
Monographs (1981) 1–156Tales of Samurai Honor: Buke Giri MonogatariIhara Saikaku, Translated by Caryl Callahan
Monographs (1981) 1–171The Laws of the Muromachi Bakufu: Kemmu Shikimoku (1336) and Muromachi Bakufu TsuikahōEdited by Kenneth A. Grossberg, Translated by Kenneth A. Grossberg and Nobuhisa Kanamoto
MN 36:3 (1981) 235–84Edo Architecture and Tokugawa LawWilliam H. Coaldrake- MN 36:3 (1981) 289–98Futari ShizukaZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Jacqueline Mueller
- MN 36:3 (1981) 285–98The Two Shizukas: Zeami’s Futari ShizukaJacqueline Mueller
- MN 36:3 (1981) 299–316Against the Restoration: Katsu Kaishū’s Attempt to Reinstate the Tokugawa FamilyM. William Steele
- MN 36:3 (1981) 317–28The Occupation of Japan as History: Some Recent ResearchRay A. Moore
- MN 36:3 (1981) 329–34New Religions for OldHarry Byron Earhart
- MN 36:3 (1981) 335–40On Linguistic DowsingGuenther Wenck
- MN 36:3 (1981) 341–43The Poetic Memoirs of Lady Daibu by Phillip Tudor HarriesKenneth L. Richard
- MN 36:3 (1981) 344–47Japan Before Tokugawa: Political Consolidation and Economic Growth, 1500 to 1650 by John Whitney Hall, Nagahara Keiji, Kozo YamamuraConrad Totman
- MN 36:3 (1981) 347–48Japan and Its World: Two Centuries of Change by Marius B. JansenAkira Iriye
- MN 36:3 (1981) 349–50Schooldays in Imperial Japan: A Study in the Culture of a Student Elite by Donald T. RodenAnn Waswo
- MN 36:3 (1981) 351–53Japan’s Commission on the Constitution: The Final Report by John M. MakiTheodore McNelly
- MN 36:3 (1981) 353–55Record of Things Heard from the Treasury of the Eye of the True Teaching: The Shōbōgenzō-zuimonki, talks of Zen master Dōgen, as recorded by Zen master Ejō by Thomas ClearyT. James Kodera
- MN 36:3 (1981) 355–57Kabuki Encyclopedia: An English-Language Adaptation of Kabuki Jiten by Samuel L. LeiterAndrew T. Tsubaki
- MN 36:3 (1981) 358–60Journey of the Three Jewels: Japanese Buddhist Paintings from Western Collections by John M. Rosenfield, Elizabeth ten GrotenhuisYasushi Egami
- MN 36:3 (1981) 360–61Mountain Storm, Pine Breeze: Folk Song in Japan by Patia R. IsakuFanny Hagin Mayer
- MN 36:3 (1981) 361–62Japanese Prints Today: Tradition with Innovation by Margaret K. Johnson, Dale K. HiltonRonald G. Robertson
- MN 36:3 (1981) 363–64Mélanges offerts à M. Charles Haguenauer en l’honneur de son quatre-vingtième anniversaire. Études japonaises by L’Institut des Hautes Études Japonaises du Collège de FranceMichael Cooper
- MN 36:3 (1981) 365–66CorrespondenceStanleigh H. Jones