What happened on February 22?

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  Bakeneko Yokai

  A yokai cat that has lived long enough to gain supernatural powers, taking human form or cursing people. The "Nabeshima Bakeneko Disturbance" of Saga is especially famous, and bakeneko tales were hugely popular in Edo-period kabuki and storytelling.

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  Nekomata Yokai

  A yokai said to be a cat that has lived so long that its tail has split in two. It appears in the Kamakura-period classic Essays in Idleness, and is described both as a wild beast of the mountains and as a pet cat that transforms.

Events based on the old lunar calendar, or festivals whose dates vary by year, are shown on approximate dates.