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Similarities Between Feudal Japanese And Feudal Europe

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Feudalism in Japan had many similarities and differences with feudalism in Europe. Comparing the social structures and the cultures that the two powers presented can show us how alike and how different they are from each other.

Feudal Japan and Feudal Europe were similar in many ways, such as having a religious figurehead at the very top of the feudal pyramid. Japan had the Tennō (Emperor) and Europe had the Pope. They also shared a similar pyramid of power, with the previously mentioned religious figureheads at the very top, and descending down with the Kings and Shoguns, the Vassals and Daimyo, the Knights and Samurai, and ending with the peasants. Japan and Europe also used the same practice of gifting land to others in exchange
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