Comment on Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part I: Why They FightparentComments−jsomedon3moIIRC, the samurai class after Meiji reform period kinda fall into this category, they eventually emerge into Yakuza.−mitthrowaway23moI 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.
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IIRC, the samurai class after Meiji reform period kinda fall into this category, they eventually emerge into Yakuza.
I 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.