From the middle of the Meiji period to the early Taisho period, some Shizoku (a social status given to former samurai after Meiji Restoration) class persons moved to Manchuria and the Korean peninsular (during the ages of the Joseon Dynasty, Korean Empire and Governor-General of Korea - Korea governed by Japan).
明治中頃から後期ごろから大正初期まで一部の士族は満州と朝鮮半島（李氏朝鮮と大韓帝国と朝鮮総督府（日本統治時代の朝鮮）時代）に移り住んだ。