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IIRC, the samurai class after Meiji reform period kinda fall into this category, they eventually emerge into Yakuza.
by jsomedon 3mo ago
IIRC, the samurai class after Meiji reform period kinda fall into this category, they eventually emerge into Yakuza.
- mitthrowaway2 3mo agoI think Tokugawa-era samurai fits the description better. The Meiji era saw the samurai stripped of most of their stipends and privileges, and with little left but their pride they had to go find respectable jobs.