Trivia: During what era did the samurai officially come to an end?
Keiō
Meiji
Taishō
Shōwa
The correct answer is Meiji
So why is this answer correct? : The Meiji Restoration (beginning in 1868) marked the modernization of Japan, and the end of classes such as the samurai. The year 1870 saw the institutionalization of a Japanese military academy, and wearing samurai swords was banned in 1876. Many young leaders of the Meiji Restoration were ex-samurai who realized that Japan needed to reform as the world around it evolved.