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Monumenta Nipponica, an interdisciplinary journal on Japanese culture and society, was founded in 1938, making it one of the oldest English-language academic journals in the field of Asian studies. Published semiannually as an international forum for research on Japan by Sophia University, Tokyo, MN carries both original scholarly contributions on history, literature, art history, religion, and thought, and translations of important Japanese literary and historical sources. Early volumes included articles in German and other European languages, but from volume 19 (1964) English has been the sole language of publication. From Volume 60 (2005), issues are available online through Project MUSE. In addition, the complete run of back issues is available online, with a five-year moving wall, through JSTOR.

All contributions are peer-reviewed. Each issue contains on average four articles, including reports on research trends and source materials of note, and fifteen or more timely and authoritative reviews of recent books on Japan. MN is sent out to individual and institutional subscribers in more than sixty countries.

MN is indexed by Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Bibliography of Asian Studies, Historical Abstracts, Index to the Study of Religions Online, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, and MLA International Bibliography.

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Masthead

Institute Director
Angela Yiu

Editors
Richard A. Gardner
Caroline Hirasawa

Book Review Editor
Shion Kōno

Managing Editor
Esther Sanders

  

Advisory Board
Mikael S. Adolphson
University of Alberta

Bruce Batten
J. F. Oberlin University

C. Andrew Gerstle
SOAS, University of London

Bettina Gramlich-Oka
Sophia University

Helen Hardacre
Harvard University

Hayashi Michio
Sophia University

James W. Heisig
Nanzan University

Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
Freie Universität Berlin

R. Keller Kimbrough
University of Colorado, Boulder

Gregory P. Levine
University of California, Berkeley

Matsuda Kōichirō
Rikkyo University

Miyazaki Fumiko
Keisen University

 
Joshua S. Mostow
University of British Columbia

Mark R. Mullins
University of Auckland

Kate Wildman Nakai
Sophia University, Emerita

Nakano Kōichi
Sophia University

Peter Nosco
University of British Columbia

Fabio Rambelli
University of California, Santa Barbara

Sven Saaler
Sophia University

Shimazono Susumu
Sophia University

Haruo Shirane
Columbia University

M. Antoni J. Üçerler, S.J.
University of Oxford

Charlotte von Verschuer
École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris

Dennis Washburn
Dartmouth College

 

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Volume numbers and publication years

Between 1938 and 1972 various factors, including the Pacific War, kept MN from holding to a regular publication schedule. The list below keys volume numbers to the year of publication and also indicates the number of issues in each volume. (Commas indicate separate issues, hyphens combined issues; from 1972 to 2007 were four issues per volume; since 2008 MN has been published semiannually in May and November.)

 

Vol.

No.

   

Vol.

No.

 

Vol.

No.

 

1938

1:

1, 2

  

1972

27:

1, 2, 3, 4

1998

53:

1, 2, 3, 4

  

1939

2:

1, 2

  

1973

28:

1, 2, 3, 4

1999

54:

1, 2, 3, 4

  

1940

3:

1, 2

  

1974

29:

1, 2, 3, 4

2000

55:

1, 2, 3, 4

  

1941

4:

1, 2

  

1975

30:

1, 2, 3, 4

2001

56:

1, 2, 3, 4

  

1942

5:

1, 2

  

1976

31:

1, 2, 3, 4

2002

57:

1, 2, 3, 4

  

1943

6:

1-2

  

1977

32:

1, 2, 3, 4

2003

58:

1, 2, 3, 4

  

1951

7:

1-2

  

1978

33:

1, 2, 3, 4

2004

59:

1, 2, 3, 4

  

1952

8:

1-2

  

1979

34:

1, 2, 3, 4

2005

60:

1, 2, 3, 4

  

1953

9:

1-2

  

1980

35:

1, 2, 3, 4

2006

61:

1, 2, 3, 4

  

1954

10:

1-2

  

1981

36:

1, 2, 3, 4

2007

62:

1, 2, 3, 4

  

1955

11:

1, 2, 3, 4

  

1982

37:

1, 2, 3, 4

2008

63:

1, 2

  

1956

12:

1-2, 3-4

  

1983

38:

1, 2, 3, 4

2009

64:

1, 2

  

1957

13:

1-2, 3-4

  

1984

39:

1, 2, 3, 4

2010

65:

1, 2

  

1958-9

14:

1-2, 3-4

  

1985

40:

1, 2, 3, 4

2011

66:

1, 2

  

1959-60

15:

1-2, 3-4

  

1986

41:

1, 2, 3, 4

2012

67:

1, 2

  

1960-1

16:

1-2, 3-4

  

1987

42:

1, 2, 3, 4

1962

17:

1-4

  

1988

43:

1, 2, 3, 4

1963

18:

1-4

  

1989

44:

1, 2, 3, 4

1964

19:

1-2, 3-4

  

1990

45:

1, 2, 3, 4

1965

20:

1-2, 3-4

  

1991

46:

1, 2, 3, 4

1966

21:

1-2, 3-4

  

1992

47:

1, 2, 3, 4

1967

22:

1-2, 3-4

  

1993

48:

1, 2, 3, 4

1968

23:

1-2, 3-4

 

1994

49:

1, 2, 3, 4

1969

24:

1-2, 3, 4

 

1995

50:

1, 2, 3, 4

1970

25:

1-2, 3-4

  

1996

51:

1, 2, 3, 4

1971

26:

1-2, 3-4

  

1997

52:

1, 2, 3, 4
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Editors

1-6

 

J. B. Kraus (founder)

7-17

 

Wilhelm Schiffer

18

 

Wilhelm Schiffer, Francis Mathy

19-23

 

Joseph Pittau

24-25

 

Edmund R. Skrzypczak

26-51

 

Michael Cooper

52

 

Michael Cooper, Kate Wildman Nakai

53-65:1

  

Kate Wildman Nakai
65:2-67:2   Mark R. Mullins
68:1-   Richard A. Gardner, Caroline Hirasawa

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