Monumenta Nipponica is a biannual academic journal

Academic journal

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s of Japanese studies. It is affiliated with Sophia University

Sophia University

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 (Tokyo).

Contents

Each issue contains three to four main research articles, and ten to fifteen reviews of recent books in Japanese studies, dealing with Japanese society

Society

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, culture

Culture

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, history

History

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, religion

Religion

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, literature

Literature

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, art

Art

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, anthropology

Anthropology

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, and related topics in Japanese and Asian studies

Asian studies

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Back issues of Monumenta Nipponica are accessible through JSTOR

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. From volume 60 (2005), all issues, including the most recent ones, are accessible through Project MUSE

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Editors

The following persons have been editors-in-chief of Monumenta Nipponica:

• Vols. 1–6 (1938–1943)—J. B. Kraus (founder)
• Vols. 7–17 (1951–1962)—Wilhelm Schiffer
• Vol. 18 (1963)—Wilhelm Schiffer, Francis Mathy
• Vols. 19–23 (1964–1968)—Joseph Pittau
• Vols. 24–25 (1969–1970)—Edmund R. Skrzypczak
• Vols. 26–51 (1971–1996)—Michael Cooper
• Vol. 52 (1997)—Michael Cooper, Kate Wildman Nakai
• Vol. 53-65:1 (1998–2010)—Kate Wildman Nakai
• Vol. 65:2- (2010-present)—Mark R. Mullins