Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 15:1/2 (1959) 192–94Der Zen-Weg by Eugen HerrigelHeinrich Dumoulin- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 194–95Der Blumenweg. Eine Einführung in den Geist der japanischen Kunst des Blumenstellens by Gusty L. Herrigel; Cha-Dō-Der Tee-Weg. Eine Einführung in den Geist der japanischen Lehre vom Tee by Horst HammitzschHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 195–99Valignanos Missiongrundsätze für Japan by Josef Franz SchütteHubert Cieslik
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 199–200A Study of the Ise Monogatari. Vol. I: Introduction, Text and Translation by Frits Vos.’s-Gravenhage; Vol. II: Notes and Indices by Frits Vos. ‘s-GravenhageEdward D. Seidensticker
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 200–206Chinese Pictorial Art as Viewed by the Connoisseur by R. H. van GulikJoseph P. Love
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 206–207The Great Pulse. Japanese Midwifery and Obstetrics Through the Ages by Mary W. StandleeLucy S. Itō
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 1959Monumenta Nipponica Volume 15, Number 1/2, 1959
MN 14:3/4 (1958) 247–76A Dialect-geographical Study of the Japanese Accents in Chiba PrefectureWillem A. Grootaers- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 277–318Some Features of the Japanese Way of ThinkingHajime Nakamura
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 319–55Rōei: The Medieval Court Songs of Japan (Part 3)Eta Harich-Schneider
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 356–70The Implications of Sōseki’s KokoroEdwin McClellan
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 371–83Saikaku’s Contemporaries and Followers: The Ukiyo-zōshi 1680–1780Richard Lane
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 384–407Some Notes on the God Susa-no-oCornelius Ouwehand
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 408–28The Special Kasuga Wakamiya Festival of 1349Translated by P. G. O'Neill
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 429–36Allgemeine Lehren zur Förderung des Zazen von Zen-Meister DōgenDōgen, Translated by Heinrich Dumoulin
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 437–39Tell Me About Japan. by Japan Travel Bureau; Show Me Japan by Japan Travel Bureau; History of Japan by Saburō Ienaga; Tales of the Foreign Settlements in Japan by Harold S. Williams; Japan: Theme and Variations. A Collection of Poems by Americans. by Charles E. Tuttle; The Location of Yamatai. A Case Study in Japanese Historiography 720–1945 by John Young; Sources of the Japanese Tradition by Ryūsaku Tsunoda, Wm. Theodore de Bary, Donald KeeneLucy S. Itō
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 439–41Nihon Minkan-Shinkō-Ron (Japanischer Volksglaube) by Sakurai TokutarōHisako Kamata
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 441–42Sosen-Sūhai, Minzoku to Rekishi. (Japanischer Ahnenkult: Brauchtum und Geschichte) by Takeda ChōshūSaburō Katō
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 442–44Das Kegon Sūtra-Eine Einführung by Torakazu DoiHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 444–45Buddhist Wisdom Books: The Diamond Sūtra and the Heart Sūtra by Edward ConzeHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 445–46Scrapbook for Chinese Collectors by Lu Shih-hua, R. H. van GulikJoseph P. Love
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 447–48Japanese Fine Arts by Tokuzō SagaraJoseph P. Love
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 448Index of Japanese Painters by the Society of Friends of Eastern ArtJoseph P. Love
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 451–55The Japanese Factory: Aspects of Its Social Organization by James G. Abegglen; Industrial Relations in Postwar Japan by Solomon B. LevineRobert J. Ballon
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 448–51The Sound System of Standard Japanese. A Tentative Account from the Teaching Point of View by F. J. DanielsWillem A. Grootaers
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 1958Monumenta Nipponica Volume 14, Number 3/4, 1958
MN 14:1/2 (1958) 1–26Saikaku’s Prose Works: A Bibliographical StudyRichard Lane- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 27–39Japanese Economy TodayHisaakira Kanō
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 40–60Fukuzawa Yukichi on Family RelationshipsCarmen Blacker
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 61–90SaltU. A. Casal
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 91–118Rōei: The Medieval Court Songs of Japan (Part 2)Eta Harich-Schneider
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 119–52Textkritische Untersuchungen zum Daidōruijuhō (Part 3)Otto Karow
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 153–72Les Caractères [zhe], [zhi]…[ye], et [suo]. Réponse à M. J. L. Pierson (Part 2)Jos. L. M. Mullie
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 173–204Nigorie-Muddy Bay: A Story by Higuchi Ichiyō (1872–1896)Ichiyō Higuchi, Translated by Hisako Tanaka
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 205–25Takamura Mitsutarō: Chieko-Shō, Eine AuswahlMitsutarō Takamura, Translated by Suematsu Daigūji
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 226–27Tokugawa Religion. The Values of Pre-industrial Japan by Robert N. BellahPaolo Beonio-Brocchieri
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 228–29Zen and Japanese Buddhism by Daisetz T. SuzukiWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 229Japan’s Modern Century by Hugh BortonWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 230–35Buddhistische Kunst Ostasiens by Dietrich SeckelJoseph P. Love
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 235–40Chats on Japanese Prints by Arthur Davidson Ficke; The Hokusai Sketch-Books. Selections from the Manga by James A. Michener; The Folk Arts of Japan by Hugo Munsterberg; Kōdansha Library of Japanese Art: No. 10: Sesshū Tōyō by Tanio Nakamura, Elise Grilli; Kodansha Library of Japanese Art: No. 12: Munakata by Yōjurō Yasuda, Oliver StatlerJoseph P. Love
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 240–41Japanese Conversation-Grammar by Oreste Vaccari, Enko Elisa Vaccari; Teach Yourself Japanese by C. J. Dunn, S. YanadaWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 241–45The Origin of Modern Capitalism and Eastern Asia by Norman JacobsSiegfried Böttcher
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 229–30The Double Patriots. A Study of Japanese Nationalism by Richard StorryWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 1958Monumenta Nipponica Volume 14, Number 1/2, 1958
Monographs (1957) 1–32The Validity of NaienLuigi M. Civisca
Monographs (1957) 1–536Kirishitan Bunko: A Manual of Books and Documents on the Early Christian Mission in JapanJohannes Laures
MN 13:3/4 (1957) 183–222Rōei: The Medieval Court Songs of Japan (Part 1)Eta Harich-Schneider- MN 13:3/4 (1957) 223–46Takamura Mitsutarō: Ein Bildhauer und Dichter der GegenwartSuematsu Daigūji