Comparative Feudalism in Japan and Western Europe Around the 9th – 12th centuries, Western Europe and Japan developed new governments very similar to one another. Both Western Europe and Japan made these new governments completely separate from the other. In a time in which both areas could not establish a centralized government, they adapted a new form of government to their liking. They were no able to control local landholders with great amounts of land from …showed first 75 words of 975 total…

…showed last 75 words of 975 total…and the lord. The samurai is another example of a difference. The samurai became a thoroughly dedicated group of warriors. One possible reason as to why these Feudal governments were different could be due to the different religions in each place. Western Europe was predominantly Christian, while the Japanese were mainly Buddhist. Most differences between the two, however, was quite small considering each developed a Feudal system simultaneously with the other halfway across the globe.