Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 34:1 (1979) 26–48Watakushi no Kojinshugi (My Individualism)Natsume Sōseki, Translated by Jay Rubin- MN 34:1 (1979) 49–72The Way of the King: An Early Meiji Essay on GovernmentRichard Devine
- MN 34:1 (1979) 63–72Ōdōron (The Way of the King)Takasaburō Chiba, Translated by Richard Devine
- MN 34:1 (1979) 73–99Ōyama Estate and Insei Land PoliciesElizabeth Sato
- MN 34:1 (1979) 101–12Michinaga’s Maladies: A Medical Report on Fujiwara no MichinagaG. Cameron Hurst
- MN 34:1 (1979) 113–15Ryōkan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan by Burton WatsonMarian Ury
- MN 34:1 (1979) 115–17Economic and Demographic Change in Preindustrial Japan, 1600–1868 by Susan B. Hanley, Kozo YamamuraWilliam B. Hauser
- MN 34:1 (1979) 118–19The Diplomacy of Japan, 1894–1922. Volume II: Anglo-Japanese Alliance and Russo-Japanese War by Morinosuke KajimaPeter Lowe
- MN 34:1 (1979) 119–21Historia de Japam by Luis Fróis, Josef WickiMichael Cooper
- MN 34:1 (1979) 121–22Kurusu. The Price of Progress in a Japanese Village, 1951–1975 by Robert J. SmithMitsuru Shimpo
- MN 34:1 (1979) 123–24Bugaku Masks by Kyōtarō Nishikawa, Monica BetheGunhild Gabbert
- MN 34:1 (1979) 1979Monumenta Nipponica Volume 34, Number 1, 1979
MN 33:4 (1978) 379–405Methods of Land Transfer in Medieval JapanJames Kanda- MN 33:4 (1978) 407–39My Mother is Dying’: Saitō Mokichi’s ‘Shinitamau Haha’Amy Vladeck Heinrich
- MN 33:4 (1978) 413–39Shinitamau Haha’ (My Mother is Dying)Mokichi Saitō, Translated by Amy Vladeck Heinrich
- MN 33:4 (1978) 441–59The Noh as Popular Theater: Miyamasu’s Youchi SogaLaurence R. Kominz
- MN 33:4 (1978) 447–59Youchi SogaMiyamasu, Translated by Laurence R. Kominz
- MN 33:4 (1978) 461–69Sōseki: A Tragic FatherYoko McClain
- MN 33:4 (1978) 471–73From Court to Capital: A Tentative Interpretation of the Origins of the Japanese Urban Tradition by Paul Wheatley, Thomas SeeJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 33:4 (1978) 473–76Biographical Dictionary of Japanese History by Seiichi Iwao, Burton WatsonJohn Whitney Hall
- MN 33:4 (1978) 476–79Ox Against the Storm. A Biography of Tanaka Shozo: Japan’s Conservationist Pioneer by Kenneth StrongF. G. Notehelfer
- MN 33:4 (1978) 479–81Sanuki no Suke Nikki. A Translation of the Emperor Horikawa Diary by Jennifer BrewsterKaren Brazell
- MN 33:4 (1978) 482–88The Legend of Semimaru, Blind Musician of Japan by Susan MatisoffD. E. Mills
- MN 33:4 (1978) 489–91In Praise of Shadows by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, Thomas J. Harper, Edward G. Seidensticker, Charles MoorePaul McCarthy
- MN 33:4 (1978) 492–93Howling at the Moon, Poems of Hagiwara Sakutarō by Hiroaki SatoJ. Thomas Rimer
- MN 33:4 (1978) 493–94The Voices and Hands of Bunraku by Barbara AdachiThomas Immoos
- MN 33:4 (1978) 495Japanese Design Through Textile Patterns by Frances BlakemoreMary Helen Mine
- MN 33:4 (1978) 497–500Nagasaki Prints and Early Copperplates by Masanobu Hosono, Lloyd R. CraighillCal French
- MN 33:4 (1978) 500–502The History of Japanese Printing and Book Illustration by David ChibbettDavid Waterhouse
- MN 33:4 (1978) 502–504The Constitutional Case Law of Japan. Selected Supreme Court Decisions 1961–70 by Hiroshi Itoh, Lawrence Ward BeerThomas L. Blakemore
- MN 33:4 (1978) 504–505Shikinaisha Chōsa Hōkoku XXIV: Saikaidō by Shikinaisha KenkyūkaiFelicia Gressitt Bock
- MN 33:4 (1978) 505Recent Reprints
- MN 33:4 (1978) 495–96The Art of Japanese Joinery by Kiyosi Seike, Yuriko Yobuko, Rebecca M. DavisWilliam H. Coaldrake
- MN 33:4 (1978) 1978Monumenta Nipponica Volume 33, Number 4, 1978
Monographs (1978) 1–120Fujiwara Teika’s Hundred-Poem Sequence of the Shōji Era, 1200Fujiwara no Teika, Translated by Robert H. Brower
MN 33:3 (1978) 241–83Three Poets at Yuyama: Sōgi and Yuyama Sangin Hyakuin, 1491 (Part 2)Steven D. Carter- MN 33:3 (1978) 255–83Yuyama Sangin HyakuinSōgi, Shōhaku and Sōchō, Translated by Steven D. Carter
- MN 33:3 (1978) 285–97A Feeling of Beauty: Natsume Sōseki’s IchiyaAlan Turney
- MN 33:3 (1978) 289–97Ichiya (One Night)Natsume Sōseki, Translated by Alan Turney
- MN 33:3 (1978) 299–332Zeami’s Kyūi: A Pedagogical Guide for Teachers of ActingMark J. Nearman
- MN 33:3 (1978) 307–32The Nine LevelsZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Mark J. Nearman
- MN 33:3 (1978) 333–56The Genbunitchi Movement: Its Origin, Development, and ConclusionNanette Twine
- MN 33:3 (1978) 357–59Kōda Rohan by Chieko Irie MulhernJames R. Morita
- MN 33:3 (1978) 359–60Genji Days by Edward G. SeidenstickerMarian Ury
- MN 33:3 (1978) 360–62Japan in the Muromachi Age by John Whitney Hall, Toyoda TakeshiHartmut O. Rotermund
- MN 33:3 (1978) 362–64A Discourse on Government: Nakae Chōmin and his Sansuijin Keirin Mondō by Margaret B. DardessBarbara J. Teters
- MN 33:3 (1978) 364–68Japanese Colonial Education in Taiwan, 1895–1945 by E. Patricia TsurumiEdward I-Te Chen
- MN 33:3 (1978) 368–70The Diplomacy of Japan 1894–1922. Volume I: Sino-Japanese War and Triple Intervention by Morinosuke KajimaSidney DeVere Brown