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Unno Juza
BornSano Shōichi
(1897-12-26)December 26, 1897
Tokushima, Japan
DiedMay 17, 1949(1949-05-17) (aged 51)
Setagaya, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Alma materWaseda University
Period1928 - 1949
GenreScience fiction (notably Crime fiction)
Children3

Sano Shōichi (佐野 昌一, December 26, 1897 - May 17, 1949), know by his pen name Unno Jūza (海野 十三), was a Japanese novelist who was the founding father of Japanese science fiction.

Biography

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Unno was born on December 26, 1897, in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, to a family of medical doctors. He studied at the Waseda University.

In 1928 he debuted as a writer with the novel The case of the mysterious death in the electric bath (Denkifuro no kaishijiken).

During the Pacific War he wrote a great number of science-fiction novels, remaining in Tokyo throughout the air raids.[1] Japan’s defeat in World War II was for him a hard blow, and Unno spent the last years in his life in a state of deep depression.

His scientific work was influenced by that of Nikola Tesla.

Unno died on May 17, 1949, aged 51.

Legacy

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Captain Jūzō Okita of Space Battleship Yamato was named as a tribute to Unno.

Works

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  • Aru Uchū-jin no Himitsu (ある宇宙塵の秘密)
  • Angō Onban Jiken (暗号音盤事件)
  • Ikiteiru Chō (生きている腸)
  • Uchū Joshū Dai Ichi-gō (宇宙女囚第一号)
  • Uchū Sentai (宇宙戦隊)
  • Uchū Senpei (宇宙尖兵)
  • Uchū no Maigo (宇宙の迷子)
  • Unno Jūza Haisen Nikki (海野十三敗戦日記)
  • Ei Hondo Jōriku Sakusen no Zen'ya (英本土上陸作戦の前夜)
  • Osoroshiki Tsuya (恐しき通夜)
  • Gaikotsukan (骸骨館)
  • Kaisei Gan (怪星ガン)
  • Kaitei Toshi (海底都市)
  • Kagi kara Nukedashita Onna (鍵から抜け出した女)
  • Kaban Rashikunai Kaban (鞄らしくない鞄)
  • Kayakusen (火薬船)
  • Kifutsudō Jiken (鬼仏洞事件)
  • Kyōryū-tei no Bōken (恐竜艇の冒険)
  • Kyōryū-tō (恐竜島)
  • Kinzoku Ningen (金属人間)
  • Kūchū Hyōryū Isshūkan (空中漂流一週間)
  • Gun'yōzame (軍用鮫)
  • Kōun no Kuroko (幸運の黒子)
  • Kokusai Satsujin-dan no Hōkai (国際殺人団の崩壊)
  • Sankakkei no Kyōfu (三角形の恐怖)
  • Sanju-nen Go no Sekai (三十年後の世界)
  • Sannin no Sōseiji (三人の双生児)
  • Jigoku Kaidō (地獄街道)
  • Jūhachi-ji no Ongaku-yoku (十八時の音楽浴)
  • Shōnen Tanteichō (少年探偵長)
  • Jinzō Ningen Efu-shi (人造人間エフ氏)
  • Sekigaisen Otoko (赤外線男)
  • Sen-nen Go no Sekai (千年後の世界)
  • Dai Uchū Enseitai (大宇宙遠征隊)
  • Dai Go Hyōgaki (第五氷河期)
  • Chikyū Yōsai (地球要塞)
  • Chikyū wo Nerau Mono (地球を狙う者)
  • Chichūma (地中魔)
  • Chō-Ningen X-go (超人間X号)
  • Tōmei Neko (透明猫)
  • Tokkyo Tawan Ningen Hōshiki (特許多腕人間方式)
  • 2000 nen Sensō (二、〇〇〇年戦争)
  • Nō no Naka no Reijin (脳の中の麗人)
  • Hitotsubokan (一坪館)
  • Hyōgaki no Kaijin (氷河期の怪人)
  • Fushigikoku Tanken (ふしぎ国探検)
  • Fushū (俘囚)
  • Hōsō Sareta Yuigon (放送された遺言)
  • Maruamru Jū (○○獣)
  • Miezaru Teki (見えざる敵)
  • Yūsei Shokumin Setsu (遊星植民説)
  • Yūrei-sen no Himitsu (幽霊船の秘密)
  • Yohōshō Kokuji (予報省告示)
  • Reikon Dai Jū-gō no Himitsu (霊魂第十号の秘密)
  • Jinzō Ningen Satsugai Jiken (人造人間殺害事件)

Utei Tenku Series

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Utei Tenku Series (烏啼天駆シリーズ):

  • Kizoku wa Shiharau (奇賊は支払う)
  • Shinzō Tōnan (心臓盗難)
  • Kizoku Higan (奇賊悲願)
  • Angō no Yakuwari (暗号の役割)
  • Surikae Kaiga (すり替え怪画)

Under alias of Oka Kyūjūrō

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  • Yukima (雪魔)
  • Chikyū Hakkyō Jiken (地球発狂事件)

English Translations

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  • Fast Forward Japan: Stories by the Founding Father of Japanese Science Fiction [includes: Eighteen O'Clock Music Bath (十八時の音楽浴), The Theory of Planetary Colonization, The World in One Thousand Years, Four-Dimensional Man, Mysterious Spatial Rift, The Living Intestine, Crematoria, The Last Broadcast, Adventures of the Dinosaur-Craft] (ISBN 978-1737318217)
  • The Secret of the Cosmic Dust (ある宇宙塵の秘密). Translated by Till Weingärtner. The Irish Journal of Asian Studies Vol.7, 2021 (ISSN 2009-8448).

References

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  1. ^ Kawana, Sari (2008). Murder Most Modern: Detective Fiction and Japanese Culture. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9781452913735.
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