ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini membahas tentang bagaimana kedudukan bushi (kaum ?samurai?) pasca restrukturisasi sosial Meiji. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan metode analisis deskriptif. Dalam penelitian ini, kebijakan-kebijakan pemerintahan di zaman Meiji telah membuat ruang gerak bushi di berbagai aspek kehidupan melemah dan pengaruh mereka tidak se-dominan seperti di zaman-zaman sebelumnya. Meski pada kenyataannya para petinggi-petinggi militer modern Jepang dan birokrat-birokrat pemerintahan masih merupakan mantan ?samurai?, tetapi identitas seorang bushi yang tercermin dalam otoritas mereka di masa-masa sebelum zaman Meiji telah sepenuhnya hilang akibat modernisasi.

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ABSTRACT

This study focuses on the bushi?s position in the Japanese government after social structure change in Meiji period. This study is written as qualitative research using descriptive analysis method. In this study, the Meiji?s government policies had limited bushi?s authority and movement in many aspects unlike the previous eras. Although in reality, many of Japanese new military high-ranked officers and bureaucrats were ex-samurai, but the bushi identity as the holder of the authority in their past glory days is not reflected clearly in the newly established Meiji?s government as their power slowly lost because of modernization.