Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 33:1 (1978) 37–50Opinion Revised: Hara Takashi’s Views on Local GovernmentRichard Staubitz- MN 33:1 (1978) 51–65The Dilemma of Religious Power: Honganji and Hosokawa MasamotoMichael Solomon
- MN 33:1 (1978) 67–112The Barren Years: Japanese War LiteratureDonald Keene
- MN 33:1 (1978) 113–18The Muromachi Dono Gyōkō Okazari Ki: A Research NoteCarla M. Zainie
- MN 33:1 (1978) 1978Monumenta Nipponica Volume 33, Number 1, 1978
MN 32:4 (1977) 411–40Shakuhachi Zen: The Fukeshū and KomusōJames H. Sanford- MN 32:4 (1977) 553CorrespondenceLawrence Ward Beer
- MN 32:4 (1977) 445–58KintōshoZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Susan Matisoff
- MN 32:4 (1977) 441–58Kintōsho: Zeami’s Song of ExileSusan Matisoff
- MN 32:4 (1977) 459–83The Organized Peasant: The Wakamonogumi in the Edo PeriodRichard E. Varner
- MN 32:4 (1977) 485–94A World SurveyedWilliam F. Sibley
- MN 32:4 (1977) 495–514Aims and Achievement of the Meirokusha—Fact and FictionDavid Huish
- MN 32:4 (1977) 515–524The Glory That Was AzuchiShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 32:4 (1977) 525–526Essays on Japanese Literature by Katsuhiko TakedaRichard Bowring
- MN 32:4 (1977) 527–529One Robe, One Bowl: The Zen Poetry of Ryōkan by John StevensJames Abrams
- MN 32:4 (1977) 529–530The True Story of the Siege of Kumamoto Castle by Takehiko Ideishi, James H. BuckSidney DeVere Brown
- MN 32:4 (1977) 530–531Power in the Pacific. The Origins of Naval Arms Limitation, 1914–22 by Roger DingmanIan Nish
- MN 32:4 (1977) 531–533Deterrent Diplomacy: Japan, Germany, and the USSR, 1935–1940 by James William MorleyRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 32:4 (1977) 533–534Japanese Marxist. A Portrait of Kawakami Hajime, 1879–1946 by Gail Lee BernsteinPatricia G. Steinhoff
- MN 32:4 (1977) 535–536The End of the War in Asia by Louis AllenAlvin D. Coox
- MN 32:4 (1977) 536–541Introduction to Japanese Law by Yoshiyuki Noda, Anthony H. AngeloDan Fenno Henderson
- MN 32:4 (1977) 541–543Das Dairi-shiki: Eine Studie zu seiner Entstehung und Wirkung by Michael Charlier; Die Stellung der Frau im Shintō: Eine religionsphänomenologische und- soziologische Untersuchung by Haruko OkanoFelicia Gressitt Bock
- MN 32:4 (1977) 543–545Études Choisies de Charles Haguenauer. Volume I: Japon, Études de Linguistique; Volume II: Japon, Études de Religion, d’Histoire et de LittératurePaul Rietsch
- MN 32:4 (1977) 546–547Guides to Japanese Culture. by Murakami Hyōe, Edward G. Seidensticker; Nihon Bunka Teiyō by Murakami HyōeGordon Daniels
- MN 32:4 (1977) 547–549The Study of Language in Japan. A Historical Survey by Toshio DoiRoland A. Lange
- MN 32:4 (1977) 549–552The National Atlas of Japan by The Japan Map CenterMichael Cooper
- MN 32:4 (1977) 553Recent Reprints
- MN 32:4 (1977) 1977Monumenta Nipponica Volume 32, Number 4, 1977
MN 32:3 (1977) 269–302Hail in the Begging Bowl: The Odyssey and Poetry of SantōkaJames Abrams- MN 32:3 (1977) 315–31HachikazukiTranslated by Chigusa Steven
- MN 32:3 (1977) 303–31Hachikazuki: A Muromachi Short StoryChigusa Steven
- MN 32:3 (1977) 332–46KinutaZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by Eileen Katō
- MN 32:3 (1977) 347–64De Coningh on Deshima: Mijn Verblijf in Japan, 1856Huibert Paul
- MN 32:3 (1977) 365–76Uji and Kabane in Ancient JapanCornelius J. Kiley
- MN 32:3 (1977) 377–87Martin on JapaneseGerald B. Mathias
- MN 32:3 (1977) 389–92Modern Japanese Writers and the Nature of Literature by Makoto UedaMarleigh Grayer Ryan
- MN 32:3 (1977) 392–95The Kamakura Bakufu: A Study in Documents by Jeffrey P. MassCarl Steenstrup
- MN 32:3 (1977) 395–97Parties Out of Power in Japan, 1931–1941 by Gordon Mark BergerBen-Ami Shillony
- MN 32:3 (1977) 397–99The Drama of W. B. Yeats. Irish Myth and the Japanese Nō by Richard TaylorEileen Katō
- MN 32:3 (1977) 399–402Music of a Thousand Autumns. The Tōgaku Style of Japanese Court Music by Robert GarfiasTaeko Kusano
- MN 32:3 (1977) 403–404Dialogue in Art. Japan and the West by Chisaburoh F. YamadaPeter C. Swann
- MN 32:3 (1977) 404–406Japanese Patterns of Behavior by Takei Sugiyama LebraHarumi Befu
- MN 32:3 (1977) 407–10Toshokan. Libraries in Japanese Society by Theodore F. WelchEverett T. Moore
- MN 32:3 (1977) 1977Monumenta Nipponica Volume 32, Number 3, 1977
MN 32:2 (1977) 131–52Haisho ZampitsuYamaga Sokō, Translated by Shuzo Uenaka- MN 32:2 (1977) 125–52Last Testament in Exile: Yamaga Sokō’s Haisho ZampitsuShuzo Uenaka
- MN 32:2 (1977) 167–88A Brothel in the Light of Day: The Other Side of the BrocadeSantō Kyōden, Translated by Peter F. Kornicki
- MN 32:2 (1977) 153–88Nishiki no Ura: An Instance of Censorship and the Structure of a SharebonPeter F. Kornicki