Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 31:2 (1976) 154–59Shinsen ZuinōFujiwara no Kintō, Translated by Nicholas J. Teele- MN 31:2 (1976) 160–64Waka KuhonFujiwara no Kintō, Translated by Nicholas J. Teele
- MN 31:2 (1976) 165–78In Search of Yanagita KunioShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 31:2 (1976) 179–87The Bridge to the Other World: Shamans and Shamanism in JapanHarry Byron Earhart
- MN 31:2 (1976) 189–98Leonardo or Proteus? The Art and Character of Shiba KōkanDavid Waterhouse
- MN 31:2 (1976) 199–201Japanese Literature in Chinese. Volume I: Poetry & Prose in Chinese by Japanese Writers of the Early Period by Burton WatsonMarian Ury
- MN 31:2 (1976) 201–202The Development of Realism in the Fiction of Tsubouchi Shōyō by Marleigh Grayer RyanEdward D. Seidensticker
- MN 31:2 (1976) 203–204Guide to Japanese Prose by Alfred H. Marks, Barry D. BortRichard Bowring
- MN 31:2 (1976) 204–205Language in Japanese Society. Current Issues in Sociolinguistics by Fred C. C. PengP. G. O'Neill
- MN 31:2 (1976) 206–207The Nobility of Failure: Tragic Heroes in the History of Japan by Ivan MorrisRichard Storry
- MN 31:2 (1976) 207–209Fifty Years of Light and Dark, The Hirohito Era by The Staff of The Mainichi Daily NewsBen-Ami Shillony
- MN 31:2 (1976) 209–12Japan’s Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere in World War II: Selected Readings and Documents by Joyce C. LebraGordon Mark Berger
- MN 31:2 (1976) 212–14The Modern Japanese Military System by James H. BuckLouis Allen
- MN 31:2 (1976) 214–17Mutual Images: Essays in American-Japanese Relations by Akira IriyeGary Dean Best
- MN 31:2 (1976) 218–19Modern Japan. Aspects of History, Literature and Society by W. G. BeasleyMaida S. Coaldrake
- MN 31:2 (1976) 219–20An Index to Japanese Law. A Bibliography of Western Language Materials 1867–1973 by Rex Coleman, John Owen HaleyRichard W. Rabinowitz
- MN 31:2 (1976) 221–22A Guide to Japanese Architecture by Richard L. GageEduardo J. Anzorena
- MN 31:2 (1976) 1976Monumenta Nipponica Volume 31, Number 2, 1976
MN 31:1 (1976) 1–27The Kenreimon’in Ukyō no Daibu Shū: Introduction and Partial TranslationJames G. Wagner- MN 31:1 (1976) 11–27The Kenreimon’in Ukyō no Daibu ShūKenreimon'in Ukyō no Daibu, Translated by James G. Wagner
- MN 31:1 (1976) 29–49From Feudal Chieftain to Secular Monarch: The Development of Shogunal Power in Early Muromachi JapanKenneth A. Grossberg
- MN 31:1 (1976) 51–75Local Politics and National Integration: The Fukui Prefectural Assembly in the 1880sJames L. McClain
- MN 31:1 (1976) 77–85Japanese Literature: the Practice of TransferJames T. Araki
- MN 31:1 (1976) 87–95A Tale of the HeikeWilliam E. Naff
- MN 31:1 (1976) 97–98Tales of the Spring Rain: Harusame Monogatari by Ueda Akinari, Barry JackmanAnthony H. Chambers
- MN 31:1 (1976) 99–101The Status System and Social Organization of Satsuma. A Translation of the Shūmon Tefuda Aratame Jōmoku by Torao Haraguchi, Robert K. Sakai, Mitsugu Sakihara, Kazuko Yamada, Masato MatsuiMarius B. Jansen
- MN 31:1 (1976) 101–102The Development of Japanese Business, 1600–1973 by Johannes Hirschmeier, Tsunehiko YuiSydney Crawcour
- MN 31:1 (1976) 103–105Ishiwara Kanji and Japan’s Confrontation with the West by Mark R. PeattieRichard J. Smethurst
- MN 31:1 (1976) 105–106Images of Eighteenth-Century Japan. Ukiyoe Prints from the Sir Edmund Walker Collection by David WaterhouseJack Hillier
- MN 31:1 (1976) 107–108The Eagle and the Rising Sun: Americans and the New Religions of Japan by Robert S. Ellwood, Jr.Wilbur M. Fridell
- MN 31:1 (1976) 108–109Modern Japanese Organization and Decision-Making by Ezra F. VogelHerbert Glazer
- MN 31:1 (1976) 109–10The Troubled Encounter: The United States and Japan by Charles E. NeuGary Dean Best
- MN 31:1 (1976) 111–12Island of Dreams. Environmental Crisis in Japan by Norie Huddle, Michael Reich, Nahum StiskinDonald R. Thurston
- MN 31:1 (1976) 1976Monumenta Nipponica Volume 31, Number 1, 1976
MN 30:4 (1975) 357–91Saikaku’s Parting Gift: Translations from Saikaku OkimiyageRobert W. Leutner- MN 30:4 (1975) 369–91Saikaku OkimiyageIhara Saikaku, Translated by Robert W. Leutner
- MN 30:4 (1975) 393–403Tokugawa Yoshinobu and Kōbugattai: A Study of Political InadequacyConrad Totman
- MN 30:4 (1975) 405–22The Origins of the Sugawara: A History of the Haji FamilyRobert Borgen
- MN 30:4 (1975) 423–52Griffis in Japan: The Fukui Interlude, 1871Edward R. Beauchamp
- MN 30:4 (1975) 453–56Ugetsu Monogatari. Tales of Moonlight and Rain by Ueda Akinari, Leon M. ZolbrodD. E. Mills
- MN 30:4 (1975) 457–58Shiga Naoya by Francis MathyEdwin McClellan
- MN 30:4 (1975) 459–60Dazai Osamu by James A. O’BrienDavid J. Brudnoy
- MN 30:4 (1975) 460–62Ten Japanese Poets by Hiroaki SatoJames A. O'Brien
- MN 30:4 (1975) 463–64Warrior Government in Early Medieval Japan by Jeffrey P. MassElizabeth Sato
- MN 30:4 (1975) 465–68Shiryō Oyatoi Gaikokujin by UNESCO Higashi Ajia Bunka Kenkyū SentāH. J. Jones
- MN 30:4 (1975) 469–71Origins of the Modern Japanese State: Selected Writings of E. H. Norman by E. H. Norman., John W. DowerF. G. Notehelfer
- MN 30:4 (1975) 472–74Religion in Changing Japanese Society by Morioka KiyomiHarry Byron Earhart
- MN 30:4 (1975) 474–76Nara Buddhist Art: Todai-ji by Takeshi Kobayashi, Richard L. GageJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.