On this day
March 1 in Japanese History
10 recorded events on this date, across every century.
- 1325 Gidō Shūshin 義堂周信 · Writer — Japanese monk and writer
- 1544 Sagara Yoshiharu 相良義陽 · Samurai — Daimyo who ruled a region in southern Higo Province
- 1716 Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲 · Painter — Japanese artist (1716-1800)
- 1795 Motsugai 武田物外 · Painter — Japanese Buddhist priest (1795–1867)
- 1811 Kuroda Nagahiro 黒田長溥 · Samurai — daimyo
- 1816 Kawatake Mokuami 河竹黙阿弥 · Writer — Japanese dramatist of Kabuki (1816–1893)
- 1865 Kurakichi Shiratori 白鳥庫吉 · Historian — Japanese historian and sinologist (1865–1942)
- 1889 Kanoko Okamoto 岡本かの子 · Writer — Japanese writer (1889–1939)
- 1892 Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 芥川龍之介 · Journalist — Japanese writer (1892–1927)
- 1932 Soviet–Japanese border conflicts 日ソ国境紛争 · War — armed conflict in the 1930s between the Soviets, Mongolians, and Japanese