Did European medieval knights ever fight samurai warriors?

By the time Europeans first had contact with Japan (1540s?), the military role of knighthood was on the decline in Europe. read more

Medieval Europe shared many similarities with medieval Japan, however they also shared many differences. One including their solidier or their warriors, those who fought for their country. In medieval Europe they had knights, and in medieval Japan they had samurai's, both fought in different ways, and were skilled with different things, lets had a closer look at the similarities and differences. read more

Medieval Europe had never seen a fighting force of that size. Fighting experience: For nearly 200 years, the samurai had been fighting. Either fighting each other or fighting the Koreans, Chinese, and Mongolians, and mostly winning. read more