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Please elaborate, with links for further reading.
Samurai class existed until 1870 but presumably they didnt just vanish at that date https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai?wprov=sfti1
Cowboys in the traditional sense existed in the 19th century, if not not earlier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy?wprov=sfti1
Revolvers in some form have existed even longer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver?wprov=sfti1
Nintendo was formed in 1889 and produced playing cards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo?wprov=sfti1
Coca Cola formed in 1886 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola?wprov=sfti1
Looks like coke wasn't widely sold outside the US until around the time samurai were abolished. Unlikely that any of them drank it, but not impossible. I'd love to read some short stories that have those kinds of seeming anachronisms.
Definitely not in the East. WW2 is what brought coke global.