LOYALTY TO THELoyalty to the Feudal Lord • January 10th, 2023
feudal lord went from father to son, so that the relations of lord and samurai existed between many families for generations. This arrangement... was at the same time a voluntary one, in that there was no legally binding agreement between the two parties. The European feudal contract, which was a legal document spelling out the obligations of lord and vassal never existed in Japan.
