Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 16:1/2 (1960) 196–97A History of Modern Japan by Richard StorryJohannes Siemes- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 197–99Confucianism in Modern Japan. A Study of Conservatism in Japanese Intellectual History by Warren W. SmithJohannes Siemes
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 199–202A Study of Good by Nishida Kitarō, V. H. ViglielmoAnselmo Mataix
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 202–203A First Zen Reader by Trevor LeggettHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 203–205The Noh Drama.Ten Plays from the Japanese by Special Noh Committee, Japanese Classics Translation Committee, Nippon Gakujutsu ShinkōkaiHermann Heuvers
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 205–11The Key by Junichiro Tanizaki, Howard HibbettEdwin McClellan
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 212–14The Japanese Print. A New Approach by J. R. HillierJoseph P. Love
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 214–15The Art and Technique of Sumi-e by Kay Morrissey Thompson, Ukai UchiyamaJoseph P. Love
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 215–16Zenga (Zen-Malerei) by Kurt BraschWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 216–17Das Shigisan Engi Emaki. Ein japanisches Rollbild aus dem 12. Jahrhundert by Gisela ArmbrusterWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 217–19Netsuké by J. M. Jonas; The Netsuke Handbook of Ueda Reikichi by Raymond Bushell; Fables in Ivory: Japanese Netsuke and Their Legends by Adrienne BarbansonWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 219China. Geist und Gesellschaft by Werner SpeiserWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 1960Monumenta Nipponica Volume 16, Number 1/2, 1960
MN 15:3/4 (1959) 209–24In Memoriam: Fr. Johannes Laures, S. J. (1891–1959)Hubert Cieslik- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 225–56Japanese Art Lacquers (Part 2)U. A. Casal
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 257–333Die japanische Arbeiterbewegung: Ihre Struktur und ihr Standort im sozialen Umbruch der GegenwartTheodor Jaeckel
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 334–49Consanguineous Marriages in Feudal JapanSadao Sugiyama and William J. Schull
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 350–79La Primera Biblioteca de los Jesuitas en el Japón (1556): Su contenido y su influenciaJesús López Gay
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 380–414Die Kirche von ChikugoJohannes Laures
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 415–23Rōei: The Medieval Court Songs of Japan (Part 4)Translated by Eta Harich-Schneider
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 425–40Das Buch Genjōkōan: Aus dem Shōbōgenzō des Zen-Meisters DōgenHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 432–40Das Buch GenjōkōanDōgen, Translated by Heinrich Dumoulin
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 441The Transactions of the Asiatic Society. Third Series, Vol. 7 by The Asiatic Society of JapanWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 447Tōnan Ajia-Shi Kenkyū I (Studies in the History of Southeast Asia) by Sugimoto NaojirōWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 451–56The Making of the Meiji Constitution. The Oligarchs and the Constitutional Development of Japan, 1868–1891 by George M. BeckmannTsugio Fujita
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 456–59Fremde Einflüsse im Modernen Japanischen Recht by Wilhelm RöhlIwao Hoshii
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 459–60Leftwing Social Movements in Japan: An Annotated Bibliography by Cecil H. UyeharaD. C. S. Sissons
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 460–61A History of the Catholic Church in Japan. From its Beginning to the Early Meiji Period (1549–1873) by Joseph JennesHubert Cieslik
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 461–63Zen: Geschichte und Gestalt by Heinrich DumoulinHajime Nakamura
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 463–64Geschichte der Chinesischen Literatur by Eugen FeifelWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 464–66Japanese Lacquer Ware by Tomio YoshinoU. A. Casal
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 466–68Japanese Prints, from the Early Masters to the Modern by James A. Michener, Richard LaneJoseph P. Love
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 468–70Hiroshige by Walter Exner, Werner SpeiserJoseph P. Love
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 470–71Japanese Music and Musical Instruments by William P. MalmRobert Garfias
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 472–74The Japanese Names of the Morse & The Narwhal by Frank HawleyRichard C. Rudolph
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 447–51The Agrarian Origins of Modern Japan. by Thomas C. Smith; Village Japan by Richard K. Beardsley, John W. Hall, Robert E. Ward; Japanese Popular Culture by Hidetoshi KatōJohn O'Malley
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 441–46Prehistoric China by Chêng Tê-k’unJ. Maringer
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 1959Monumenta Nipponica Volume 15, Number 3/4, 1959
MN 15:1/2 (1959) 1–34+1Japanese Art Lacquers (Part 1)U. A. Casal- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 35–86P. Pedro Kasui (1587–1639): Der letzte japanische Jesuit der Tokugawa-ZeitHubert Cieslik
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 87–118Saikaku and Boccaccio: The Novella in Japan and ItalyRichard Lane
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 119–49A Biographical Study of Tz’ŭ-ênStanley Weinstein
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 150–75Textkritische Untersuchungen zum Daidōruijuhō (Part 4)Otto Karow
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 176–77A Copy of Bonifacii Christiani Pueri Institutio in CopenhagenJohn Peterson
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 178–81Ein portugiesischer Brief Takayama UkonsTranslated by Johannes Laures
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 182–83The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan: Comprehensive Index by I. I. Morris, Paul C. BlumEdward D. Seidensticker
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 183–84The Complete Journal of Townsend Harris, First American Consul and Minister to Japan by Mario Cosenza; Shades of the Past. Indiscreet Tales of Japan by Harold S. WilliamsWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 184–92Japanese Religion and Philosophy: A Guide to Japanese Reference and Research Materials by Donald Holzman, Motoyama YukihikoStanley Weinstein