Yamato

Examples

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• These notions culminated in the 1930s in the idea of the "Yamato Race."

  Academic text (1997)

• The point of this little digression is that after the Korean kingdom allied to the Japanese state (Yamato-Wa) at the time (there is significant evidence that the Japanese state was founded by a Korean regent from this very Korean kingdom of Paekche), for political reasons.

  Blog text (11)

• Almost six centuries elapsed after the introduction of rice agriculture and before the establishment of the Yamato state.

  Academic text (1991)

• In January 1941, the Japanese government unequivocally declared that the foundation for establishing the new order was based on the "Yamato people."

  Academic text (2000)

• The imperial system founded by the Yamato state derives from the political-religious leadership established on the basis of rice agriculture during the preceding centuries.

  Academic text (1991)

• The Wa are still identified by many historians and archaeologists as the founders of the Japanese Yamato state, which emerged in the late sixth century A.D., and thereby are directly related to the modern inhabitants of Japan.

  Academic text (2002)

• According to Murakami (1977: 10), in order to stress the religious nature of the headship of the nation during the mid-seventh century, the term okimi (great kimi), which had been used to refer to the head of the Yamato state, was replaced by tenno (emperor), a term taken from China where it had a religious meaning.

  Academic text (1991)

• The Yamato people are often regarded as the ancestors of modern Japanese culture.

• During the Yamato period, Japan saw significant developments in agriculture and governance.

• Historians trace the origins of Japanese civilization back to the early Yamato state.

Synonyms

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Cipango

vsYamato

• Archaic

9.9

An old European name for Japan used in early maps and writings

refers to the ancient native people, period, or region of early Japan

Surface Forms

Etymology