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Shunrō Oshikawa (押川 春浪, Oshikawa Shunrō, real name 押川 方存 Oshikawa Masaari; March 21, 1876 – November 16, 1914) was a Japanese author, journalist and editor, best known as a pioneer of science fiction.
Oshikawa Shunrō. Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author. Pseudonym of Japanese author Masa'ari Oshikawa (1876-1914), whose Young Adult tales of aristocratic heroes, oceanic Robinsonades and plucky inventors were a crucial element of the Japanese zeitgeist in the Edwardian era.
Shunrō Oshikawa was a Japanese author, journalist and editor, best known as a pioneer of science fiction. Like other early science fiction writers of the period, he was influenced by the stories of Jules Verne, whose technological adventure novels had become popular in translation in the rapidly modernising Meiji era Japan.
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Shunrō Oshikawa (押川 春浪 Oshikawa Shunrō?, real name 押川 方存 Oshikawa Masaari, March 21, 1876 - November 16, 1914), was a Japanese author, journalist and editor, best known as a pioneer of science fiction.
Kaidanji Oshikawa Shunrō: Nihon SF no Oya (快男児押川春浪―日本SFの祖, lit. Nice Guy Shunrō Oshikawa: The Father of Japanese SF) is a 1987 Japanese book by Jun'ya Yokota and Shingo Aizu about Shunro Oshikawa, the early twentieth century pioneer of Japanese science fiction. The book won the 1988 Nihon SF Taisho Award.
Apr 27, 2021 · Shunrō Oshikawa (1876 – 1914) was a Japanese author commonly considered a “pioneer of science fiction” due to the highly speculative, futuristic, and imaginative technologies featured in his writing.
Shunrō Oshikawa has 19 books on Goodreads with 73 ratings. Shunrō Oshikawa’s most popular book is The Undersea Warship: A Fantastic Tale of Island Advent...
