Do samurai still exist?

Answer 1

Yes very much so, there are still Dojo's (Schools) in Japan that teach this ancient tradition.

Some practise Iado, or Kenjitsu or even Kendo. All are considered Samurai.

I hope that helps. I am a practioner of Iado and Shihan (Master) in Kenpo and Shotokan.

Answer 2

Do you mean the ramanticized idea of the samurai, or the real life samurai? The ideals of the romantic version of the samurai are still around, and there are plenty of books on Bushido, which is a great philosophical treatise. However, that is where the fairy tale ends. The Shogun era samurai were part of an untouchable class at the top of society, and all under them were more or less under an absolute rule from them, in a caste system in which there was no way to advance upwards and there was limited, if any, method for appeals. So....do you mean the ones you see in the movies? Or do you mean the Waffen SS armed with swords rather than guns? (That is about what they were equivalent to.)

Answer 3

I bet there are still families in Japan that still hold onto the traditions. But remember that in order to be a samurai you had to be appointed as one by the state. Feudal Japan was a caste society and in order to be a samurai you had to be accepted. With the dissolving of the institution there are no more samurai in that sense.

If someone wants to be a samurai, they can try to be in every sense, but it would be meaningless in every way except personal, spirtual, and psychological.

Answer 4

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Sith Lord is correct although the other fellow with the credentials is giving you the current "official" stance of Samurai in Japan.
While the government outlawed them in the 1860's for purely political reasons - they still exist in their souls. Too bad there are so few. Japan would be a better place - and they sure wouldn't have behaved so brutally AFTER they were "abolished." (WWII, Manchuria, etc.)

Answer 7

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In 1867 the last shogun resigned and the emperor was reinstalled as the formal leader of Japan. In 1871 the old feudal system and the privileges of the Japanese samurai class were officially abolished. The daimyo had to return the land to the emperor for which they received pensions by the Japanese state.

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Answer 9

There are families of samurai descent, sort of like our aristocracy. My mates girlfriend's family were such - didn't take kindly to him.

Answer 10

Yes i believe in Japan there just not as well know any more as they use to be in the old den days