Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Yasujirō Ozu across 4 places, from 1922 to 1946.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
was a Japanese filmmaker. He began his career during the era of silent films, and his last films were made in colour in the early 1960s.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Yasujirō Ozu is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Yasujirō Ozu was documented, and when
December 1922month
Tokyo Cityattested“In December 1922, his family, with the exception of Ozu and his sister, moved back to Tokyo to live with his father.”source: Wikipedia: Yasujirō Ozu
September 1939month
Japanattested“The much-quoted passage comparing Chinese soldiers to insects appears not in the diaries but in an interview, "Ozu Yasujirō senjō-dan," published in Tairiku (September 1939) shortly after his return to Japan.”source: Wikipedia: Yasujirō Ozu
February 1946month
Noda, Chibaattested“Ozu returned to Japan in February 1946, and moved back in with his mother, who had been staying with his sister in Noda in Chiba prefecture.”source: Wikipedia: Yasujirō Ozu
February 1946month
Chiba Prefectureattested“Ozu returned to Japan in February 1946, and moved back in with his mother, who had been staying with his sister in Noda in Chiba prefecture.”source: Wikipedia: Yasujirō Ozu
February 1946month
Japanattested“Ozu returned to Japan in February 1946, and moved back in with his mother, who had been staying with his sister in Noda in Chiba prefecture.”source: Wikipedia: Yasujirō Ozu
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In each of these, a source puts Yasujirō Ozu and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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March 1913month
Mie Prefecturementioned“In March 1913, at the age of nine, he and his siblings were sent by his father to live in his father's home town of Matsusaka in Mie Prefecture, where he remained until 1924.”source: Wikipedia: Yasujirō Ozu
31 March 1922exact date
Mie Prefecturementioned“On 31 March 1922, he began working as a substitute teacher at a school in Mie prefecture.”source: Wikipedia: Yasujirō Ozu
March 1923month
Tokyo Citymentioned“In March 1923, when his sister graduated, he also returned to live in Tokyo.”source: Wikipedia: Yasujirō Ozu
11 April 1938exact date
Dingyuan Countymentioned“In a letter sent to friends in Japan on 11 April 1938, from Dingyuan County in China's Anhui Province, Ozu writes about the comfort station protocol in lightly coded terms.”source: Wikipedia: Yasujirō Ozu
11 April 1938exact date
Chinamentioned“In a letter sent to friends in Japan on 11 April 1938, from Dingyuan County in China's Anhui Province, Ozu writes about the comfort station protocol in lightly coded terms.”source: Wikipedia: Yasujirō Ozu
11 April 1938exact date
Japanmentioned“In a letter sent to friends in Japan on 11 April 1938, from Dingyuan County in China's Anhui Province, Ozu writes about the comfort station protocol in lightly coded terms.”source: Wikipedia: Yasujirō Ozu
September 1938month
Nanjingmentioned“From January until September 1938, he was stationed in Nanjing, where he met Sadao Yamanaka, who was stationed nearby.”source: Wikipedia: Yasujirō Ozu
1939year
Battle of Nanchangmentioned“In 1939, Ozu was dispatched to Hankou, where he fought in the Battle of Nanchang and the Battle of Xiushui River.”source: Wikipedia: Yasujirō Ozu
13 January 1939exact date
Yingchengmentioned“In a 13 January 1939 diary entry, Ozu writes more openly about his group's upcoming turn for use of a comfort station near Yingcheng.”source: Wikipedia: Yasujirō Ozu
16 July 1939exact date
Kobementioned“In June, he was ordered back to Japan, arriving in Kobe in July, and his conscription ended on 16 July 1939.”source: Wikipedia: Yasujirō Ozu
1943year
Burmamentioned“In 1943, Ozu was again drafted into the army for the purpose of making a propaganda film in Burma.”source: Wikipedia: Yasujirō Ozu
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting.
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Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link
back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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