Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 32:2 (1977) 1977Monumenta Nipponica Volume 32, Number 2, 1977
MN 32:1 (1977) 1–34The Gokurakuji Letter: Hōjō Shigetoki’s Compendium of Political and Religious Ideas of Thirteenth-Century JapanCarl Steenstrup- MN 32:1 (1977) 7–34The Gokurakuji LetterHōjō Shigetoki, Translated by Carl Steenstrup
- MN 32:1 (1977) 35–48A Wisp of Smoke: Scent and Character in The Tale of GenjiAileen Gatten
- MN 32:1 (1977) 49–74Tea and Counsel: The Political Role of Sen RikyūBeatrice M. Bodart
- MN 32:1 (1977) 75–86Copious without Order, Energetick without Rules’: Dr Johnson and the Present State of Japanese: Reflections on the New Nihon Kokugo Dai-JitenShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 32:1 (1977) 87–91Salvation through SelfishnessKenneth Strong
- MN 32:1 (1977) 93–110The Seidensticker GenjiHelen C. McCullough
- MN 32:1 (1977) 111–12Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Literature by Sen’ichi HisamatsuKaren Brazell
- MN 32:1 (1977) 113–14Heian Temples. Byodo-in and Chuson-ji by Toshio Fukuyama, Ronald K. JonesMichio Yonekura
- MN 32:1 (1977) 114–15Enku, Master Carver by Grisha F. DotzenkoGeorge Komarovskii
- MN 32:1 (1977) 116–17The Silk Road and the Shoso-in by Ryoichi Hayashi, Robert RickettsJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 32:1 (1977) 118–19Japanese Ink Paintings by Yoshiaki Shimizu, Carolyn WheelwrightJoseph P. Love
- MN 32:1 (1977) 119–20Fernöstliche Kultur. Wolf Haenisch zugeeignet von seinem Marburger StudienkreisThomas Immoos
- MN 32:1 (1977) 120–23Women in Changing Japan by Joyce Lebra, Joy Paulson, Elizabeth PowersH. J. Jones
- MN 32:1 (1977) 1977Monumenta Nipponica Volume 32, Number 1, 1977
MN 31:4 (1976) 333–91Fujiwara Teika’s Hundred-Poem Sequence of the Shōji Era (Part 2)Translated by Robert H. Brower- MN 31:4 (1976) 393–413The Popularization of Samurai Values: A Sermon by Hosoi HeishūMargaret B. Dardess and Michiko Yamaguchi Aoki
- MN 31:4 (1976) 400–13A Sermon Given by Hosoi Heishū on 14 December 1783Hosoi Heishū, Translated by Michiko Yamaguchi Aoki and Margaret B. Dardess
- MN 31:4 (1976) 415–16In Memoriam: Ivan Morris, 1925–1976Donald Keene
- MN 31:4 (1976) 417–30The Nippo JishoMichael Cooper
- MN 31:4 (1976) 431–32Guide to Japanese Poetry by J. Thomas Rimer, Robert E. MorrellMakoto Ueda
- MN 31:4 (1976) 432–33Thought Control in Prewar Japan by Richard H. MitchellThomas R. H. Havens
- MN 31:4 (1976) 434–36The New Jerusalem: Aspects of Utopianism in the Thought of Kagawa Toyohiko by George B. Bikle, Jr.Stephen S. Large
- MN 31:4 (1976) 436–38Legal Reform in Occupied Japan. A Participant Looks Back by Alfred C. OpplerThomas L. Blakemore
- MN 31:4 (1976) 439–40Iwanami Kogo Jiten by Ōno Susumu, Satake Akihiro, Maeda KingorōMarian Ury
- MN 31:4 (1976) 440–41Japanese Art in World Perspective by Toru Terada, Thomas GuerinJoseph P. Love
- MN 31:4 (1976) 442Recent Reprints
- MN 31:4 (1976) 1976Monumenta Nipponica Volume 31, Number 4, 1976
Monographs (1976) 1–244Approaches to the Modern Japanese NovelEdited by Kinya Tsuruta and Thomas E. Swann
MN 31:3 (1976) 223–49Fujiwara Teika’s Hundred-Poem Sequence of the Shōji Era (Part 1)Robert H. Brower- MN 31:3 (1976) 251–74The Actor and His Audience: Zeami’s Views on the Audience of the NohJacob Raz
- MN 31:3 (1976) 275–98Four Plays by Tanaka ChikaoJ. Thomas Rimer
- MN 31:3 (1976) 299–308The Yakushiji PoemsEdwin A. Cranston
- MN 31:3 (1976) 309–14Classical Japanese Grammar Illustrated with Texts by Tadashi IkedaThomas J. Harper
- MN 31:3 (1976) 314–16Mori Ōgai by J. Thomas RimerJay Rubin
- MN 31:3 (1976) 317–18The Japanese Army in North China, 1937–1941: Problems of Political and Economic Control by Lincoln LiMark R. Peattie
- MN 31:3 (1976) 319–20Major Themes in Japanese Art by Itsuji Yoshikawa, Armins NikovskisJoan Lebold Cohen
- MN 31:3 (1976) 321–22Kabuki: Five Classic Plays by James R. BrandonTed T. Takaya
- MN 31:3 (1976) 323–24Shunga: The Art of Love in Japan by Tom Evans, Mary Anne EvansC. H. Mitchell
- MN 31:3 (1976) 324–26Circle of Harmony. A Case Study in Popular Japanese Buddhism by Kenneth J. DaleErnest D. Piryns
- MN 31:3 (1976) 326–29Morita Psychotherapy by David K. ReynoldsNancy Lee Koschmann
- MN 31:3 (1976) 329–30Japanese Urbanism. Industry and Politics in Kariya, 1872–1972 by Gary D. AllinsonJohn Creighton Campbell
- MN 31:3 (1976) 330–32Seiyū Roku: On Oil Manufacturing by Ōkura Nagatsune, Eiko Ariga, Carter LitchfieldKenkichiro Koizumi
- MN 31:3 (1976) 1976Monumenta Nipponica Volume 31, Number 3, 1976
MN 31:2 (1976) 113–43Tales of the Compassionate Kannon: The Hasedera Kannon GenkiYoshiko Kurata Dykstra- MN 31:2 (1976) 123–43Hasedera Kannon GenkiTranslated by Yoshiko Kurata Dykstra
- MN 31:2 (1976) 145–64Rules for Poetic Elegance: Fujiwara no Kintō’s Shinsen Zuinō & Waka KuhonNicholas J. Teele