Sakyo Komatsu

Sakyo Komatsu was a Japanese writer, screenwriter, novelist, mangaka and journalist (1931–2011). He was born at Osaka.

Also recorded as Sakyō Komatsu; Sakyou Komatsu; Komatsu Sakyo; Komatsu Sakyō; Komatsu Sakyou.

Sakyo Komatsu in brief

Born
1931
Died
2011
Known for
writer, screenwriter, novelist, mangaka and journalist
Place of birth
Osaka
Contents

Catalogued works

19 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 2012 to 2016.

Japan Sinks. Sayonara Jupiter. Nihon Chinbotsu. Virus. 威風堂堂うかれ昭和史. 歴史と文明の旅. Country Delights - Kaiki. 神々のさすらい. 日本史の黑幕. 果てしなき流れの果に. 雄気の系譜. 日本人の創造性. La submersion du Japon. Japan Sinks (Dover Doomsday Classics). The death of the dragon. Ichi uchujin no mita taiheiyo. Kochira Kansai. Book #1, dated 2016, 40 gelatin silver prints bound in the book, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2021.143. Virus : the day of resurrection / Sakyō Komatsu ; translated by Daniel Huddleston., dated 2012, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Sakyo Komatsu’s Planetary Imagination, Lingua Cosmica, 2018. The Future of the Nation and Humanity in Japan’s Science Fiction - Focusing on Japan Sinks by Sakyo Komatsu -, Korean Journal of Japanese Language and Literature, 2023. GENRE MARKERS OF A DISASTER NOVEL IN THE PROSE BY ANDREY GELASIMOV AND SAKYO KOMATSU, Philology. Theory & Practice, 2019.

Digitised editions and texts

5 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

There was no war ISBN: 4101097038 [Japanese Import] (1974) — Internet Archive. ESPY (English export cut, 576i VHS rip) (2023) — Internet Archive. The death of the dragon (1978) — Internet Archive. Goodbye Jupiter (1984) Greek VHS rip (1984) — Internet Archive. Tokyo Blackout (1987) (1987) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 20 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Sakyo Komatsu studied at Kyoto University. the recorded working language is Japanese.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are science fiction.

Employment is recorded with Josai International University. Membership is recorded of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan.

Works named in the authority record are Japan Sinks.

Distinctions recorded are Nihon SF Taisho Award and Seiun Award for Best Japanese Novel.

Chronology

  1. 1931Sakyo Komatsu born at Osaka.
  2. 1974There was no war ISBN: 4101097038 [Japanese Import] digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1978The death of the dragon digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1984Goodbye Jupiter (1984) Greek VHS rip digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1987Tokyo Blackout (1987) digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 2011Sakyo Komatsu died at Osaka.
  7. 2023ESPY (English export cut, 576i VHS rip) digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Sakyo Komatsu”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q717936: Sakyo Komatsu

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