Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in the 1870s during the Meiji era. They were the well-paid retainers of the daimyo, the great feudal landholders. They had high prestige and special privileges.related Samurai drawingretrieved2023-03-05tagssamuraiJapan (Wikipedia)Wikipediawebsitehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai