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Yuriko Hanabusa

Japanese actress (1900–1970)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ5972357
Source-derived summary

Yuriko Hanabusa (英百合子, Hanabusa Yuriko; 7 March 1900 – 7 February 1970) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1970.

Selected filmography

Souls on the Road (1921)

Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935)

The Daughter of the Samurai (1937)

Young People (1937)

Spring on Leper's Island (1940)

Listen to the Voices of the Sea (1950)

Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)

The Tale of Genji (1951)

Children of Hiroshima (1952)

Rikon (1952)

Epitome (1953)

Life of a Woman (1953)

The Elegant Life of Mr.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Yuriko Hanabusa” is japanese actress (1900–1970). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Yuriko, Hanabusa and Japanese, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1900, 1970, 1920, 1921—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1900-03-07. For this dossier, Yuriko, Hanabusa and Japanese is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “japanese actress (1900–1970)” 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

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5972357. VIAF identifies the subject as 312620304. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1900, 1970, 1920 and 1921.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. 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

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Yuriko Hanabusa”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Yuriko Hanabusa primary sources, Yuriko Hanabusa archive and Yuriko 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 “Yuriko Hanabusa”?
  2. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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This entry incorporates text from Yuriko Hanabusa” 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.