Was it the same with the feudal japanese king as with the european king?

Question

Was it the same with the feudal japanese king as with the european king?

Answer 1

No, the early Japanese system was much like the Chinese model. eventually the priestly bureaucracy became so corrupt as to lose effective rule to armed bands of country warriors know as samurai. These war lords eventually imposed their will over there titular lord, the Emperor.

European monarchs were usual much stronger.

Knights and European warlords are only roughly comparable with samurai. They grew as part of the European feudal system, where samurai developed from outside the Japanese imperial system.