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Fui ni

song by Tomomi Itano

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 23, 2023
Entity authorityQ4202318 ↗
Source-derived summary

"Fui ni" (ふいに) is the second solo single by Tomomi Itano (a Japanese idol, a member of AKB48). It was released in Japan on July 13, 2011, on the label You, Be Cool! (a subsidiary of King Records).

The physical CD single reached first place in the Japanese Oricon weekly singles chart. According to Oricon, it was the 59th most selling CD single of the whole year 2011 in Japan.

Background

The single was released in four versions: Type A, Type B, Type C, and a theater edition.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Fui ni” is song by Tomomi Itano. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through song, Tomomi and Itano, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2011-07-13. For this dossier, song, Tomomi and Itano is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “song by Tomomi Itano” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 23, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q4202318. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

Best used for
  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Fui ni”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Fui ni primary sources, Fui ni archive and song research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Fui ni”?
  2. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
  3. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Fui ni” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.