X The samurai warrior class was abolished during the Meiji Restoration Period by Emperor Meiji in 1873 but samurai philosophy lives on in modern day Japan through modern martial arts (kendo,kyudo etc) .
O Manga literally means 'humourous pictures'. The first ever manga is believed to be the artwork 鳥獣人物戯画(Choujuujinbutsugiga 'lit: Animal-person caricatures') painted on a scroll in the 12th century.