On this day
May 22 in Japanese History
7 recorded events on this date, across every century.
- 1597 Kanō Sadanobu 狩野貞信 · Painter — Japanese painter (1597-1623)
- 1719 Matsudaira Nobunao 松平信復 · Samurai — [松平信復] daimyo of the middle Edo period; 2nd lord of Hamamatsu, later 1st lord of Yoshida
- 1782 Tansō Hirose 広瀬淡窓 · Writer — Japanese poet and writer
- 1834 Niwa Nagakuni 丹羽長国 · Samurai — daimyo of the late Edo period who ruled Nihonmatsu Domain (1834-1904)
- 1840 Shimazu Tadayoshi 島津忠義 · Politician — [島津忠義] daimyo of the late-Edo period and peerage of the Empire of Japan
- 1848 Ii Naonori 井伊直憲 · Politician — daimyo who ruled the Hikone Domain
- 1859 Tsubouchi Shōyō 坪内逍遥 · Writer — Japanese writer (1859–1935)