The hereditary stipends provided to the samurai by their formal feudal lords (and assumed by the central government in 1871) were likewise abolished in 1873. The prohibition on wearing swords was controversial with the Meiji oligarchy, but the argument that it was an anachronism not in keeping with the westernization of Japan won out.
The hereditary payments given to samurai by their feudal lords (and assumed by the central government in 1871) were abolished in 1873. The ban on carrying swords was controversial among the Meiji oligarchy, but the argument that it was an outdated practice incompatible with Japan's modernization prevailed.