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Yamato (大和 ) was originally the area around today's Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a
name for the whole of Japan .
Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling
Imperial House of Japan .
Japanese history
Yamato people , the dominant ethnic group of Japan
Yamato period , when the Japanese Imperial court ruled from Yamato Province
Yamato Kingship , the government of the Yamato period
Yamato clan , clan active in Japan since the Kofun period
Yamato-damashii , the "Japanese spirit", or Yamato-gokoro , the "Japanese heart/mind"
Yamato nadeshiko , the ideology of the perfect Japanese woman
Yamato Takeru , a legendary Japanese prince of the Yamato dynasty
Yamato-e , classical Japanese painting
Yamato-uta , alternative term for
waka (poetry)
Yamatai , ancient geographical term that may be associated with Yamato
Daiwa (disambiguation) is spelled using the same kanji as Yamato
Geography
Japan
Yamato Province , Japan, former province, present-day Nara Prefecture
Yamato, Fukuoka , a town in Fukuoka Prefecture
Yamato, Fukushima , a town in Fukushima Prefecture
Yamato, Gifu , former town now part of Gujo City, Japan
Yamato, Ibaraki , a village in Ibaraki Prefecture
Yamato, Kagoshima , a village in Kagoshima Prefecture
Yamato, Kanagawa , a city in Kanagawa Prefecture
Yamato, Kumamoto , a town in Kumamoto Prefecture
Yamato, Niigata , former town now part of the city of Minamiuonuma
Yamato, Saga , a town in Saga Prefecture
Yamato, Yamaguchi , former town now part of Hikari
Yamato, Yamanashi , a village in Yamanashi Prefecture
Yamato River , a river in Nara and Osaka Prefecture
Yamato Town, later renamed
Wakō, Saitama
Yamato Village, later renamed
Higashiyamato, Tokyo
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See also
Yamato is usually written as "大和", but these two characters can also be read as "Daiwa" or "Taiwa".
Yamato may erroneously refer to the identically written:
Topics referred to by the same term