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Shunrō Oshikawa, the Glossary

was a Japanese author, journalist and editor, best known as a pioneer of science fiction.^[1]

51 relations: Abe Isoo, Adventure fiction, Atragon, Baseball, Bōken sekai, Bushido, Ehime Prefecture, Facing the Flag, Film adaptation, Future history, Ghost story, Hakubunkan, HMS Sword, Imperialism, Internet Speculative Fiction Database, Invasion literature, Japanese detective fiction, Japanese literature, Japanese popular culture, Jules Verne, Jun'ya Yokota, Kaidanji: Oshikawa Shunrō, Kaiju, Kantō region, Kawataro Nakajima, Kiyoshi Oshikawa, Korea, Masayoshi Oshikawa, Matsuyama, Meiji era, Militarism, Nationalism, Nihon SF Taisho Award, Nitobe Inazō, Ohio State University, Ramming, Russo-Japanese War, Sankei Shimbun, Scientific romance, Shajitsu Gahō, Sport, St. Martin's Press, Submarine, Submarine warfare, Surrender of Japan, Tanken sekai (magazine), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Tokyo, Torpedo, Victorian era, ... Expand index (1 more) »
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Abe Isoo

was a Japanese Christian socialist, parliamentarian and pacifist.

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Adventure fiction

Adventure fiction is a type of fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement.

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Atragon

is a 1963 Japanese tokusatsu science fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.

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Bōken sekai

Bōken sekai (Japanese: Adventure World) was a boys' adventure magazine which was started during the late Meiji period in Japan.

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Bushido

is a moral code concerning samurai attitudes, behavior and lifestyle, formalized in the Edo period (1603–1868).

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Ehime Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku.

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Facing the Flag

Facing the Flag or For the Flag (Face au drapeau) is an 1896 patriotic novel by Jules Verne.

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Film adaptation

A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film.

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Future history

A future history is a fictional history of the future used by authors of science fiction and other speculative fiction to construct a common background for stories.

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Ghost story

A ghost story is any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them.

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Hakubunkan

is a Japanese publishing company founded in 1887 amidst the wealth and military prosperity of the Meiji era.

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HMS Sword

HMS Sword is a fictional experimental submarine of the British Royal Navy in Jules Verne's 1896 novel Facing the Flag.

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Imperialism is the practice, theory or attitude of maintaining or extending power over foreign nations, particularly through expansionism, employing both hard power (military and economic power) and soft power (diplomatic power and cultural imperialism).

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Internet Speculative Fiction Database

The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) is a database of bibliographic information on genres considered speculative fiction, including science fiction and related genres such as fantasy, alternate history, and horror fiction.

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Invasion literature

Invasion literature (also the invasion novel or the future war genre) is a literary genre that was popular in the period between 1871 and the First World War (1914–1918).

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Japanese detective fiction

, is a popular genre of Japanese literature.

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Japanese literature

Japanese literature throughout most of its history has been influenced by cultural contact with neighboring Asian literatures, most notably China and its literature.

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Japanese popular culture

Japanese popular culture includes Japanese cinema, cuisine, television programs, anime, manga, video games, music, and doujinshi, all of which retain older artistic and literary traditions; many of their themes and styles of presentation can be traced to traditional art forms.

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Jules Verne

Jules Gabriel Verne (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.

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Jun'ya Yokota

was a Japanese science fiction writer and a researcher of Meiji era cultural history. Shunrō Oshikawa and Jun'ya Yokota are Japanese science fiction writers.

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Kaidanji: Oshikawa Shunrō

is a 1987 Japanese book by Jun'ya Yokota and Shingo Aizu about Shunro Oshikawa, the early twentieth century pioneer of Japanese science fiction.

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Kaiju

is a Japanese term that is commonly associated with media involving giant monsters.

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Kantō region

The is a geographical region of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.

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Kawataro Nakajima

was a Japanese researcher of Japanese popular culture. Shunrō Oshikawa and Kawataro Nakajima are Japanese writers.

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Kiyoshi Oshikawa

Kiyoshi Oshikawa (Oshikawa Kiyoshi, 押川清, 1 January 1881 – 18 March 1944) was a Japanese baseball player, executive and the founder of the first Japanese professional baseball team.

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Korea

Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.

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Masayoshi Oshikawa

Masayoshi Oshikawa (押川方義; 1850–1928) was a Japanese evangelist, political activist and founder and first president of Tohoku Gakuin University.

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Matsuyama

Matsuyama City Hall Ehime Prefectural Capital Building is the capital city of Ehime Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, in Japan and is also Shikoku's largest city.

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Meiji era

The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912.

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Militarism

Militarism is the belief or the desire of a government or a people that a state should maintain a strong military capability and to use it aggressively to expand national interests and/or values.

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Nationalism

Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state.

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Nihon SF Taisho Award

The is a Japanese science fiction award.

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Nitobe Inazō

was a Japanese agronomist, diplomat, political scientist, politician, and writer.

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Ohio State University

The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

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Ramming

In warfare, ramming is a technique used in air, sea, and land combat.

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Russo-Japanese War

The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Japanese Empire and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1905 over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire.

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Sankei Shimbun

The, name short for, is a daily national newspaper in Japan published by the Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd, ranking amongst the top 5 most circulated newspapers in Japan. Shunrō Oshikawa and Sankei Shimbun are Japanese nationalists.

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Scientific romance

Scientific romance is an archaic, mainly British term for the genre of fiction now commonly known as science fiction.

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Shajitsu Gahō

was a Japanese magazine of the early 20th century, published by the Hakubunkan publishing company.

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Sport

Sport is a form of physical activity or game.

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St. Martin's Press

St.

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Submarine

A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.

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Submarine warfare

Submarine warfare is one of the four divisions of underwater warfare, the others being anti-submarine warfare, mine warfare and mine countermeasures.

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Surrender of Japan

The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war.

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Tanken sekai (magazine)

Tanken sekai (World of Exploration) was a Japanese magazine of the early twentieth century, published by the Seikosha publishing house which was part of the still-extant Seiko empire.

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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (SFE) is an English language reference work on science fiction, first published in 1979.

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Tokyo

Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.

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Torpedo

A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target.

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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Waseda University

Waseda University, abbreviated as or, is a private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunrō_Oshikawa

Also known as Oshikawa Shunro, Shunro Oshikawa.

, Waseda University.

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