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Articles submitted for publication should be printed double-spaced (on only one side of the page) with the right-hand margin unjustified; this applies also to indented quotations and notes. As manuscripts under consideration for publication are reviewed anonymously, the author’s name should not appear on the title page or in the headers or footers. Only one printed copy need be supplied. In addition to the hard copy, authors should also send a digital version of the text as an email attachment saved as a Word file (1997 or later). Send submissions to Editor, Monumenta Nipponica, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan.

Authors submitting manuscripts for the first time are encouraged to examine recent issues of the journal to see the type and format of articles published. Please note that MN articles are as a rule expected to be based on research in Japanese primary and secondary sources. MN is relatively flexible about length, but recommends that submissions be under 17,000 words (including notes).

For general issues of style and format, refer to The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition, and to the MN style sheet. A printed version of the style sheet is available on request; an electronic version may be found on this Web site. For citation format, see the MN style sheet and recent issues of the journal. Notes should be numbered consecutively and preferably printed at the bottom of the page as footnotes. Kanji for Japanese and other East Asian names and terms should be included at the time of initial submission, and if the piece to be considered is a translation, a copy of the original Japanese text should also be provided.

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Citation Format

For details on the method of citation used in MN, see the MN style sheet. Monumenta Nipponica uses the following abbreviations for frequently cited journals and multivolume series (please note that macrons and kanji normally included in the journal have been omitted here):

HJAS Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies

JJRS Japanese Journal of Religious Studies

JJS Journal of Japanese Studies

MN Monumenta Nipponica

GR Gunsho ruiju. 25 vols. Zoku Gunsho Ruiju Kanseikai, 1959-1960. Also, earlier editions published by Keizai Zasshisha, 1893-1897 (20 vols.); and Naigai Shoseki Kabushikigaisha, 1928-1938 (Shinko gunsho ruiju).

KST Shintei zoho kokushi taikei. 66 vols. Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 1929-1967.

KT Shinpen kokka taikan. 20 vols. Kadokawa Shoten, 1983-1992.

NKBT Nihon koten bungaku taikei. 100 vols. + index 2 vols. Iwanami Shoten, 1957-1967.

NKBZ Nihon koten bungaku zenshû. 51 vols. Shogakukan, 1970-1976.

NST Nihon shiso taikei. 67 vols. Iwanami Shoten, 1970-1982.

SNKT Shin Nihon koten bungaku taikei. 100 vols. Iwanami Shoten, 1989- .

SNKZ Shinpen Nihon koten bungaku zenshû. 88 vols. Shogakukan, 1994- .

T Taisho shinshu daizokyo. 84 vols. Taisho Issaikyo Kankokai, 1924-1931.

ZGR Zoku gunsho ruiju. 37 vols. + 3 supplementary vols. Zoku Gunsho Ruiju Kanseikai, 1959-1960. Also, earlier edition published by Keizai Zasshisha, 1902-1912 (19 vols.).

ZZGR Zokuzoku gunsho ruiju. 17 vols. Zoku Gunsho Ruiju Kanseikai, 1969-1978. Also, earlier edition published by Kokusho Kankokai, 1906-1909 (16 vols.).