Japanese medieval Society and European Medieval Society.
Japan and Europe had similar yet different aspects to the medieval time. Along both lines of society each one changed over the years, if it was to do with art, religion, or there feudalism. Feudalism was a system that both Society's used, it was a ranking of people and their categories, some were higher than others, some were lower than others, there was always one group of people that had to be on the bottom, but the people on top were the most important. The people on top of the feudalism system where great and mighty for one, but the most weight bearing in hard situations, although some things they could not decide without their trusty steed.
The Japanese feudalism went from the 12th-19th century, the feudal system you could say was partly because of the warriors of the time called Samurai, but they were not on the top of the charts and here is why. The Samurai where people (men) hired from rich landowners to protect them as well as their Emperor and their country, the Samurai did not care if they died because they thought they would come back to life as a different animal or thing. This is not all just the feudal system,
there was many people (categories) that fill in this system.
From top to bottom the Japanese feudal system went:
Emperor and Imperial court
Shogun
Daimyo and Samurai
Artisans and Craftsman
Farmers and Fisherman
Merchants
Each person in each category had a job and a role to play, sadly for the Merchants bottom of the ladder they were less important than the rest, after time the Merchants did become quite wealthy by trading goods with Farmers and Craftsman.
The European feudal system was quite different to the Japanese for they did not have Samurai or Daimyo instead they had the Knight, a man filled with confidence and strength. The European Medieval feudal system had less categories of people but was most likely much more stronger and powerful then the Japanese feudal system, only because of the power each person held, but although this is all great they did have worse punishments and torture then the Japanese.
From top to bottom the European feudal system went:
King
Baron
Knight
Peasant
The Knight as most would think would be somewhere near the top of the European feudal system but that is not the case like with the Samurai. In the European
feudal system it was sometimes like a pecking order where one category had to feed off the other.
The Japanese feudalism went from the 12th-19th century, the feudal system you could say was partly because of the warriors of the time called Samurai, but they were not on the top of the charts and here is why. The Samurai where people (men) hired from rich landowners to protect them as well as their Emperor and their country, the Samurai did not care if they died because they thought they would come back to life as a different animal or thing. This is not all just the feudal system,
there was many people (categories) that fill in this system.
From top to bottom the Japanese feudal system went:
Emperor and Imperial court
Shogun
Daimyo and Samurai
Artisans and Craftsman
Farmers and Fisherman
Merchants
Each person in each category had a job and a role to play, sadly for the Merchants bottom of the ladder they were less important than the rest, after time the Merchants did become quite wealthy by trading goods with Farmers and Craftsman.
The European feudal system was quite different to the Japanese for they did not have Samurai or Daimyo instead they had the Knight, a man filled with confidence and strength. The European Medieval feudal system had less categories of people but was most likely much more stronger and powerful then the Japanese feudal system, only because of the power each person held, but although this is all great they did have worse punishments and torture then the Japanese.
From top to bottom the European feudal system went:
King
Baron
Knight
Peasant
The Knight as most would think would be somewhere near the top of the European feudal system but that is not the case like with the Samurai. In the European
feudal system it was sometimes like a pecking order where one category had to feed off the other.