Journal introduction:

Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University, Monumenta Nipponica is one of the oldest English-language academic journals in the field of Asian studies. As a peer-reviewed international forum for researchers across the globe, it carries original scholarly contributions on premodern and modern history, literature, art history, religion, thought, and society; translations of important Japanese literary and historical sources; and authoritative reviews of recent books on Japan.

2 Issues Per Year

Current Advisory Board
Lucia Dolce, SOAS University of London
Torquil Duthie, University of California, Los Angeles
C. Andrew Gerstle, SOAS University of London, Emeritus
Helen Hardacre, Harvard University
Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit, Freie Universität Berlin
Annick Horiuchi, Université Paris Cité
Seiji Lippit, University of California, Los Angeles
Melissa McCormick, Harvard University
Miyazaki Fumiko, Keisen University, Emerita
Joshua S. Mostow, University of British Columbia
Mark R. Mullins, University of Auckland
Noriko Murai, Sophia University
Nagao Naoshige, Sophia University
Kate Wildman Nakai, Sophia University, Emerita
Rajyashree Pandey, Goldsmiths, University of London
Sven Saaler, Sophia University
Franziska Seraphim, Boston College
Shimazono Susumu, University of Tokyo, Emeritus
Haruo Shirane, Columbia University
Mark Teeuwen, University of Oslo
Hitomi M. Tonomura, University of Michigan
Dennis Washburn, Dartmouth College

MN is indexed by
Arts and Humanities Citation Index,
Bibliography of Asian Studies,
CNKI Scholar,
ERIH PLUS,
Historical Abstracts,
Index to the Study of Religions Online,
MLA International Bibliography, and Scopus.


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