Editing Examples of feudalism (section)

=== Japan ===
The [[Tokugawa shogunate]] was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in the 17th century lasting until 1868. It marks a period often referred to loosely as 'feudal Japan', otherwise known as the [[Edo period]]. While modern historians have become very reluctant to classify other societies into European models, in Japan, the system of land tenure and a vassal receiving tenure in exchange for an oath of [[fealty]] is very close to what happened in parts of medieval Europe, and thus the term is sometimes used in connection with Japan.<ref>{{cite journal |first=John |last=Whitney Hall |title=Feudalism in Japan—a reassessment |journal=Comparative Studies in Society and History |date=1962 |volume=5 |number=1 |pages=15–51 |doi=10.1017/S001041750000150X |jstor=177767|s2cid=145750386 }}</ref> [[Karl Friday]] notes that in the 21st century, historians of Japan rarely invoke feudalism; instead of looking at similarities, specialists attempting comparative analysis concentrate on fundamental differences.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Karl |last1=Friday |title=The Futile Paradigm: In Quest of Feudalism in Early Medieval Japan |journal=[[History Compass]] |volume=8 |number=2 |date=2010 |pages=179–196|doi=10.1111/j.1478-0542.2009.00664.x }}</ref>