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Person vs. State
Isn't a vassal is not just a person, but a subordinate state? This seems to be addressed already on the talk page. There's talk of merging this page with vassal state. It seems to be opposed as the two terms have slightly different connotations.

Japanese vs. Western vassalage
This section could really use some expansion. There needs to be some explanation of how Japanese vassalage was different from Western vassalage. The structure seems nearly identical, but titles of the parties involved are changed. Instead of a king there was the  Shōgun. Instead of dukes and counts there were daimyō. Instead of knights there were samurai. I don't see any major differences beyond that. The vassals payed tribute of soldiers and supplies to a central ruler in exchange for lordship over land they could use for farming. This land was worked by peasants who performed the manual labor which earned the lords enough wealth to expand their armies. This seems very similar to Western feudalism. I'm wondering what the significant differences are. This might be something I look into.

Relevance
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Over-representation
The article is weighted heavily towards its explanation of Western vassalage, with no explanation of the system as it applies to other regions and cultures. Japanese vassalage is given one sentence. Were there any other societies that used this system?

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Stefanrush1 (talk) 15:54, 19 November 2017 (UTC)