What was the role of the samurai in japan before imperialism?

The role of a samurai was to be loyal to their masters. They also had earned both military and political power over much of Japan before imperialism.

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depending on what kind of map for example a pltical maps works in many ways this iss how it works it shows the areas and places the democratics and the repbulcicans reside for example if   texas chooses trump for president there a republican state and if   califronia chooses hillary there a democratic state.