How similar were the medieval Japanese and European systems of Feudalism?

by RedDawnRose

I know that both systems had similar class roles such as Japan's warrior class and the serfdom system in Europe, but in what other ways were they similar in terms of government, trade, land division, etc...?

ParallelPain

The answer would change drastically based on which definition of "Feudalism" we use and what time period we chose. In fact, no one's sure if or when Japan was "feudal", and I don't think any scholar cares anymore, since the trend is to not use the term altogether. If you're interested I briefly explained some similarity and differences between Japan and Europe here and half way down the page here