Japanese samurais here, many of whom had been young, low-ranking in rural domains, played a key role in carrying through the Meiji Restoration. These imageries were made mostly in period around Boshin civil war of 1868, and so were Japanese beauties as well as maikos/geishas in the same period. .Japan Samurais and Beauties in the 19th century, Edo and Meiji eras サムライ･美女