[Nyororin]

Living in Japan, I have to say that I`ve seen very little romanticism of samurai, and particularly not of bushido. That seems to be massively popular with people from outside of Japan, so tourism doesn`t hesitate to do so. As far as romanticism I have experienced - look to ninjas. Nowhere even close to the level done outside Japan, but still very removed from reality.

There seem to be romanticized stories of specific samurai groups or individuals... But as a whole, I`ve seen them painted as lazy, arrogant, abusive of power, etc, far more than I have seen them portrayed as honorable.

I`d say pretty much everyone knows the phrase 切捨御免 and it`s origin.