Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 36:3 (1981) 1981Monumenta Nipponica Volume 36, Number 3, 1981
MN 36:2 (1981) 113–31Experiment and Tradition: New Plays in the Bunraku TheatreStanleigh H. Jones- MN 36:2 (1981) 133–72The Lost Poetic Sequence of the Priest ManzeiRoy Andrew Miller
- MN 36:2 (1981) 173–86Apologia pro Vita Sua: Arai Hakuseki’s AutobiographyKate Wildman-Nakai
- MN 36:2 (1981) 187–93Public Official or Feudal Lord?Mary Elizabeth Berry
- MN 36:2 (1981) 195–200A Splendor of ScholarshipEdward D. Seidensticker
- MN 36:2 (1981) 201–202Collection de sable et de pierres: Shasekishū par Ichien Mujū by Hartmut O. RotermundRobert E. Morrell
- MN 36:2 (1981) 202–205Yokomitsu Riichi: Modernist by Dennis KeeneValdo H. Viglielmo
- MN 36:2 (1981) 206–208A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa by H. Paul VarleyJohn S. Brownlee
- MN 36:2 (1981) 208–10Tokutomi Sohō, 1863–1957: A Journalist for Modern Japan by John D. PiersonJames L. Huffman
- MN 36:2 (1981) 210–12Intellectual Change and Political Development in Early Modern Japan: Ono Azusa, A Case Study by Sandra T. W. DavisThomas R. H. Havens
- MN 36:2 (1981) 212–14The Fateful Choice: Japan’s Advance into Southeast Asia, 1938–1941. Selected translations from Taiheiyō sensō e no michi: kaisen gaikō shi by James William MorleyJoyce C. Lebra
- MN 36:2 (1981) 214–16The 1942 Japanese General Election: Political Mobilization in Wartime Japan by Edward J. DreaGordon Mark Berger
- MN 36:2 (1981) 216–19The Art of Hokusai in Book Illustration by Jack HillierKenneth Gardner
- MN 36:2 (1981) 219–21Japanese Lacquer, 1600–1900: Selections from the Charles A. Greenfield Collection by Andrew J. PekarikRaymond Bushell
- MN 36:2 (1981) 221–22Early Buddhist Architecture in Japan by Kakichi Suzuki, Mary Neighbour Parent, Nancy Shatzman SteinhardtJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 36:2 (1981) 223–25Long Engagements: Maturity in Modern Japan by David W. PlathFelix Moos
- MN 36:2 (1981) 225–27Rural Society in Japan by Tadashi Fukutake, The Japan InterpreterEdward Norbeck
- MN 36:2 (1981) 227–28Noguchi and His Patrons by Isabel R. PlessetMargaret Lock
- MN 36:2 (1981) 229–31Geography of Japan by The Association of Japanese GeographersDavid H. Kornhauser
- MN 36:2 (1981) 232–33Mountain Tasting: Zen Haiku by Santōka Taneda by John StevensJames Abrams
- MN 36:2 (1981) 1981Monumenta Nipponica Volume 36, Number 2, 1981
MN 36:1 (1981) 1–20Otogi-zōshi and Nara-ehon: A Field of Study in FluxJames T. Araki- MN 36:1 (1981) 21–35Rennyo and Jōdo Shinshū Piety: The Yoshizaki YearsMinor Lee Rogers
- MN 36:1 (1981) 37–54Hirata Atsutane and Christian SourcesRichard Devine
- MN 36:1 (1981) 55–84Shugendō and the Yoshino-Kumano Pilgrimage: An Example of Mountain PilgrimagePaul L. Swanson
- MN 36:1 (1981) 85–92On Distinctions, Functions, and Hard Works to TranslateEarl Miner
- MN 36:1 (1981) 93–94The Tale of Nezame: Part Three of Yowa no Nezame Monogatari by Carol HochstedlerJennifer Brewster
- MN 36:1 (1981) 95–97Chieko and Other Poems of Takamura Kōtarō by Hiroaki SatoDennis Keene
- MN 36:1 (1981) 97–99Kaneko Mitsuharu by James R. MoritaJames A. O'Brien
- MN 36:1 (1981) 99–101Tanaka Giichi and Japan’s China Policy by William F. MortonIan Nish
- MN 36:1 (1981) 101–102The Diplomacy of Japan, 1894–1922. Volume III: First World War, Paris Peace Conference, Washington Conference by Morinosuke KajimaHilary Conroy
- MN 36:1 (1981) 103–105Japanese Ink Painting: Early Zen Masterpieces by Hiroshi Kanazawa, Barbara FordMoney Hickman
- MN 36:1 (1981) 105–107Geschichte de japanischen Religion. Volume 1: Die alte Landersreligion. Volume 2: Japan mit und unter dem Buddhismus by Matthias EderArcadio Schwade
- MN 36:1 (1981) 107–109Zen Enlightenment: Origins and Meaning by Heinrich Dumoulin, John C. MaraldoJoseph M. Kitagawa
- MN 36:1 (1981) 109–10Timeless Spring: A Soto Zen Anthology by Thomas ClearyAlfred Bloom
- MN 36:1 (1981) 110–11The Quiet Therapies: Japanese Pathways to Personal Growth by David K. ReynoldsChristie W. Kiefer
- MN 36:1 (1981) 111–12Learning from Shogun: Japanese History and Western Fantasy by Henry SmithMichael Cooper
- MN 36:1 (1981) 1981Monumenta Nipponica Volume 36, Number 1, 1981
MN 35:4 (1980) 375–403Who Tells the Tale? ‘Ukifune’: A Study in Narrative VoiceAmanda Mayer Stinchecum- MN 35:4 (1980) 405–35Sata Mirensho: A Fourteenth-Century Law PrimerTranslated by Carl Steenstrup
- MN 35:4 (1980) 445–56SeiganjiTranslated by James H. Foard
- MN 35:4 (1980) 437–56Seiganji: The Buddhist Orientation of a Noh PlayJames H. Foard
- MN 35:4 (1980) 461–66Postscript to ‘A Portrait of Shunkin’: Shunkinshō Kōgo (Translation)Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, Translated by Anthony H. Chambers
- MN 35:4 (1980) 457–66Postscript to ‘A Portrait of Shunkin’: Shunkinshō KōgoAnthony H. Chambers
- MN 35:4 (1980) 467–78Haha o Kouru Ki (Longing for Mother)Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, Translated by Edward Fowler
- MN 35:4 (1980) 479–83Tanizaki’s Sentimental EducationEdward Fowler
- MN 35:4 (1980) 485–87The Japanese Novel of the Meiji Period and the Ideal of Individualism by Janet A. WalkerJames R. Morita