Assertion: samurai | /r/CapableOf | advocate preserving the shogunate
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text: During the Bakumatsu Period (mid-19th century - 1868), many ronin found new opportunities to take action in the conflicts; many samurai left their fiefs and became ronin, joining up either with the Loyalist side (advocating the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu) or with groups such as the Shinsengumi (advocating preserving the shogunate).