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MN 16:3/4 (1961) 377–94Jūsan’ya (The Thirteenth Night): A Story by Higuchi Ichiyō (1872–1896)Higuchi Ichiyō, Translated by Hisako Tanaka- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 395–401Armaduras Japonesas en la Real Armería de MadridKiichi Matsuda
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 402–406The Case for MatsuokaKimitada I. Miwa
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 407–33Kirishitan-Literatur der NachkriegszeitHubert Cieslik
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 434–47In Memoriam: Frank Hawley (1906–1961)Robert Hans van Gulik
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 448–49Meiji-Teki Shisōka-Zō no Keisei-Nishida Tetsugaku Seiritsu-Shi to Shisō-Shi Hōhōron No Mondai (The Formation of the Meiji Type of Thinkers: History of the Formation of Nishida’s Philosophy and Problems of Methodology on the History of Thought) by Miyajima HajimeGino K. Piovesana
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 449–51Nihongata Shisō no Genzō (The Prototype of Japanese Thought) by Yamada MunemutsuGino K. Piovesana
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 451–60Nihon no Shisō (Japanese Thought) by Maruyama MasaoWilliam H. Brown
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 460–63Tōjō and the Coming of the War by Robert J. C. ButowJohn McKechney
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 463–65The Modern Japanese Banking System by Hubert F. SchifferJohn Lynch
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 467Trades and Crafts of Old Japan. Leaves from a Contemporary Album by Eric A. KaemmererWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 465–67Folk Legends of Japan by Richard M. DorsonFanny Hagin Mayer
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 469–70Fūga by Yokogawa KiichirōRobert Hans van Gulik
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 467–69Japanese Movies by Donald RichieJohn R. Hughes
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 1961Monumenta Nipponica Volume 16, Number 3/4, 1961
MN 16:1/2 (1960) 1–52Early Japanese LexicographyDon Clifford Bailey- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 53–117The Lore of the Japanese FanU. A. Casal
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 118–60Un Documento Inédito del P.G. Vázquez (1549–1604) sobre los Problemas Morales del JapónJesús López Gay
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 161–95Chikusai Monogatari: A Partial TranslationTranslated by Edward D. Putzar
- 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) 219China. Geist und Gesellschaft by Werner SpeiserWilhelm 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) 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) 432–40Das Buch GenjōkōanDōgen, Translated by Heinrich Dumoulin
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 425–40Das Buch Genjōkōan: Aus dem Shōbōgenzō des Zen-Meisters DōgenHeinrich 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