Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 35:1 (1980) 21–43The House-bound Heart: The Prose-poetry Genre of Japanese Narrative IllustrationPenelope E. Mason- MN 35:1 (1980) 51–75Tsuma Kagami (Mirror for Women)Mujū Ichien, Translated by Robert E. Morrell
- MN 35:1 (1980) 45–75Mirror for Women: Mujū Ichien’s Tsuma KagamiRobert 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
- MN 34:4 (1979) 467–78Councillor Defended: Matsukage Nikki and Yanagisawa YoshiyasuBeatrice Bodart-Bailey
- MN 34:4 (1979) 479–88The Place of Gukanshō in Japanese Intellectual HistoryH. Paul Varley
- MN 34:4 (1979) 489–92Japanese Linked Verse. An Account with Translations of Renga and Haikai Sequences by Earl MinerPhillip T. Harries
- MN 34:4 (1979) 492–94The Search for Authenticity in Modern Japanese Literature by Hisaaki YamanouchiKinya Tsuruta
- MN 34:4 (1979) 495–97Song, Dance, Storytelling. Aspects of the Performing Arts in Japan by Frank HoffMark Morris
- MN 34:4 (1979) 497–98Songs of Gods, Songs of Humans: The Epic Tradition of the Ainu by Donald L. PhilippiMarian Ury
- MN 34:4 (1979) 498–501Modern Japanese Drama. An Anthology by Ted T. TakayaBrian Powell
- MN 34:4 (1979) 501–504A Grammar of Classical Japanese by Akira KomaiBart Mathias
- MN 34:4 (1979) 504–505Giving Up the Gun. Japan’s Reversion to the Sword, 1543–1879 by Noel PerrinDavid Waterhouse
- MN 34:4 (1979) 506–507Patterns of Japanese Policymaking. Experiences from Higher Education by T. J. PempelEdward R. Beauchamp
- MN 34:4 (1979) 507–509Japanese Art: A Cultural Appreciation by Saburo Ienaga, Richard L. GagePenelope E. Mason
- MN 34:4 (1979) 510Evolving Techniques in Japanese Woodblock Prints by Gaston Petit, Amadio ArboledaOliver Statler
- MN 34:4 (1979) 511–513Six Lives, Six Deaths. Portraits from Modern Japan by Robert Jay Lifton, Shūichi Katō, Michael R. ReichChristie W. Kiefer
- MN 34:4 (1979) 513–514Modern Japanese Literature in Translation: A Bibliography by International House of Japan LibraryMichael Cooper
- MN 34:4 (1979) 515Recent Reprints
- MN 34:4 (1979) 1979Monumenta Nipponica Volume 34, Number 4, 1979
MN 34:3 (1979) 259–77The Echigo War, 1868Harold Bolitho- MN 34:3 (1979) 292–310UzuragoromoYayū Yokoi, Translated by Lawrence Rogers
- MN 34:3 (1979) 279–310Rags and Tatters: The Uzuragoromo of Yokoi YayūLawrence Rogers
- MN 34:3 (1979) 311–32Rooting the Pine: Shingaku Methods of OrganizationJennifer Robertson
- MN 34:3 (1979) 341–67Tsukushi no Michi no KiSōgi, Translated by Eileen Katō
- MN 34:3 (1979) 333–67Pilgrimage to Dazaifu: Sogi’s Tsukushi no Michi no KiEileen Katō
- MN 34:3 (1979) 369–72Nakahara. Family Planning and Population in a Japanese Village, 1717–1830 by Thomas C. SmithCharles D. Sheldon
- MN 34:3 (1979) 373–75Oranda Fūsetsugaki Shūsei. Volume I and Volume II by Iwao Sei’ichiShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 34:3 (1979) 376–79Science and Culture in Traditional Japan, A.D. 600–1854 by Masayoshi Sugimoto, David L. SwainKenkichiro Koizumi
- MN 34:3 (1979) 380–81Japan As Number One. Lessons for America by Ezra VogelRobert J. Smith
- MN 34:3 (1979) 382Washi. The World of Japanese Paper by Sukey HughesMasako Koyano
- MN 34:3 (1979) 1979Monumenta Nipponica Volume 34, Number 3, 1979
MN 34:2 (1979) 125–53The Hachiman Cult and the Dōkyō IncidentRoss Bender