I understand many former samurai joined the Meiji government. Is there any record of who the longest living ex-samurai was, well after the abolition of the samurai class itself? I imagine some could have lived well into the early 20th Century?
NB: The following list is far from exhaustive and chosen from the point of view of some popularity and availability of information (relevant literature) in English:
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(Edited): fixes typo.