Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 35:3 (1980) 337–46Pushing the Papers of Kamakura: The Nitty-gritticists versus the Grand SweepersCarl Steenstrup- MN 35:3 (1980) 347–48A History of Japanese Literature: The First Thousand Years by Shūichi Katō, David ChibbettJ. Thomas Rimer
- MN 35:3 (1980) 349–51Tales of Times Now Past: Sixty-Two Stories from a Medieval Japanese Collection by Marian UryRobert E. Morrell
- MN 35:3 (1980) 351–55Masamune Hakuchō by Robert RolfWilliam F. Sibley
- MN 35:3 (1980) 356A History of Political Institutions in Japan by Ryōsuke IshiiSharon A. Minichiello
- MN 35:3 (1980) 357–59Empire and Aftermath: Yoshida Shigeru and the Japanese Experience, 1878–1954 by J. W. DowerRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 35:3 (1980) 359–61Christianity: The Japanese Way by Carlo CaldarolaDavid Reid
- MN 35:3 (1980) 362–63Japanese Religion in the Modern Century by Shigeyoshi Murakami, H. Byron EarhartRobert S. Ellwood, Jr.
- MN 35:3 (1980) 364–66Suburban Tokyo: A Comparative Study in Politics and Social Change by Gary D. AllinsonYasumasa Kuroda
- MN 35:3 (1980) 366–67Sumo from Rite to Sport by P. L. CuylerDouglas M. Kenrick
- MN 35:3 (1980) 367Current Contents of Academic Journals in Japan, 1978. The Humanities and Social Sciences by Center for Academic Publications JapanMichael Cooper
- MN 35:3 (1980) 368–74CorrespondenceHarold Bolitho and Harry D. Harootunian
- MN 35:3 (1980) 1980Monumenta Nipponica Volume 35, Number 3, 1980
MN 35:2 (1980) 127–51Chigo Monogatari: Love Stories or Buddhist Sermons?Margaret H. Childs- MN 35:2 (1980) 132–51Aki no Yo no Nagamonogatari (A Long Tale for an Autumn Night)Translated by Margaret H. Childs
- MN 35:2 (1980) 153–97Kyakuraika: Zeami’s Final Legacy for the Master ActorMark J. Nearman
- MN 35:2 (1980) 161–97Kyakuraika: The Flower of ReturningZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Mark J. Nearman
- MN 35:2 (1980) 199–221The Audience Evaluated: Shikitei Samba’s Kyakusha HyōbankiJacob Raz
- MN 35:2 (1980) 223–39Ōgai’s Craft: Literary Techniques and Themes in Vita SexualisYoshiyuki Nakai
- MN 35:2 (1980) 241–43The Shiga Hero by William F. SibleyStephen W. Kohl
- MN 35:2 (1980) 243–44Ishikawa Takuboku by Yukihito HijiyaJanine Beichman-Yamamoto
- MN 35:2 (1980) 245–47The Moon in the Water: Understanding Tanizaki, Kawabata, and Mishima by Gwenn Boardman PetersenRobert Rolf
- MN 35:2 (1980) 247–49The Art of Kabuki: Famous Plays in Performance by Samuel L. LeiterTed T. Takaya
- MN 35:2 (1980) 249–53Japan’s First Bureaucracy: A Study of Eighth-Century Government by Richard J. MillerG. Cameron Hurst
- MN 35:2 (1980) 253–54As We Saw Them: The First Japanese Embassy to the United States (1860) by Masao MiyoshiGrant K. Goodman
- MN 35:2 (1980) 254–55Cahiers d’études et de documents sur les religions du Japon. Volume I by Centre d’études sur les religions et traditions populaires du JaponPaul Rietsch
- MN 35:2 (1980) 255–56General Index, Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art by Richard BirdMichael Cooper
- MN 35:2 (1980) 1980Monumenta Nipponica Volume 35, Number 2, 1980
MN 35:1 (1980) 1–19From Sakoku to Kaikoku: The Transformation of Foreign-Policy Attitudes, 1853–1868Conrad Totman- MN 35:1 (1980) 21–43The House-bound Heart: The Prose-poetry Genre of Japanese Narrative IllustrationPenelope E. Mason
- MN 35:1 (1980) 45–75Mirror for Women: Mujū Ichien’s Tsuma KagamiRobert E. Morrell
- MN 35:1 (1980) 51–75Tsuma Kagami (Mirror for Women)Mujū Ichien, Translated by Robert E. Morrell
- MN 35:1 (1980) 77–88Suehirogari: The Fan of FelicityTranslated by Dorothy T. Shibano
- MN 35:1 (1980) 89–98Concrete Discourse, Manifest Metaphor, and the Tokugawa Intellectual ParadigmHarold Bolitho
- MN 35:1 (1980) 99–106Mori Ōgai: The State of the FieldYoshiyuki Nakai
- MN 35:1 (1980) 107–109The Human Comedy of Heian Japan: A Study of the Secular Stories in the Twelfth-Century Collection of Tales, Konjaku Monogatarishū by Hiroko KobayashiMarian Ury
- MN 35:1 (1980) 109–10Some Japanese Portraits by Donald KeeneJames T. Araki
- MN 35:1 (1980) 111–13Modern Japanese Fiction and Its Traditions. An Introduction by J. Thomas RimerLawrence Rogers
- MN 35:1 (1980) 113–15Kutani Ware by Sensaku Nakagawa, John BesterJohanna Becker
- MN 35:1 (1980) 115–18An Outline of Japanese Economic History, 1603–1940. Major Works and Research Findings by Mikio Sumiya, Koji TairaWilliam B. Hauser
- MN 35:1 (1980) 118–19Women Workers in the Japanese Cotton Mills: 1880–1920 by Yasue Aoki KiddPatricia G. Steinhoff
- MN 35:1 (1980) 119–21The Japanese Company by Rodney ClarkW. Mark Fruin
- MN 35:1 (1980) 121–24The Value of Children. A Cross-National Study. Volume Six: Japan by Toshio IritaniGail Lee Bernstein
- MN 35:1 (1980) 124–25European Studies on Japan by Ian Nish, Charles DunnMichael Cooper
- MN 35:1 (1980) 1980Monumenta Nipponica Volume 35, Number 1, 1980
MN 34:4 (1979) 383–407The Bakufu Looks Abroad: The 1865 Mission to FranceMark D. Ericson- MN 34:4 (1979) 409–47Cinderella and the Jesuits: An Otogizōshi Cycle as Christian LiteratureChieko Irie Mulhern
- MN 34:4 (1979) 449–65Images of Exile and Pilgrimage: Zeami’s KintōshoSusan Matisoff