Although Japan and Europe did not have any direct contact with one another during the medieval and early modern periods, they independently developed very similar socio-political systems. Often, these systems are labeled as feudal.
What is feudalism? The great French historian Marc Bloch defined it this way: “A subject peasantry; widespread use of the service tenement (i.e. the fief) instead of a salary…; supremacy of a class of specialized warriors; ties of obedience and protection which bind man to man…; [and] fragmentation of authority - leading inevitably to disorder.”
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Okay, while I always enjoy comparisons between Japanese feudalism and European feudalism, several points are WRONG: -...
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