was a Japanese researcher of Japanese
popular culture
Popular culture (also called mass culture or pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as, popular art or mass art) and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a ...
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See also
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Shunro Oshikawa
Popular culture studies
Japanese writers
Mystery Writers of Japan Award winners
Edogawa Rampo Prize winners
University of Tokyo alumni
Kagoshima University alumni
1917 births
1999 deaths
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