Yamato

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Yamato refers to the dominant historical ethnic group and cultural core of Japan, traditionally associated with the imperial lineage and Shinto deities such as Amaterasu.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Yamato canonical 28
Yamato Japan 7
Yamato (Japan) 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
majority ethnic group
associatedWith Imperial House of Japan
Yamato court
linked to: House of Yamato

Yamato period
associatedWithDynasty Yamato dynasty
contrastedWith Ainu people
linked to: Ainu

Ryukyuan people
other minority groups in Japan
country Japan
culturalCoreOf Japan
culturalTradition Japanese court culture
Japanese tea ceremony
Shinto festivals
Shinto shrine worship
kimono
rice agriculture
dominantIn Japanese culture
Japanese language use
Japanese politics (historically)
endonym Yamato minzoku
linked to: Yamato people
ethnicMajorityIn Japan
ethnogenesisPeriod Kofun period
exonym Wa
historicalCapital Heian-kyō
linked to: Kyoto

Heijō-kyō
linked to: Nara
historicalCenter Nara Basin
Yamato Province NERFINISHED
historicalReligionOfState State Shinto
historicalScriptDevelopment man’yōgana
language Japanese language
linkedToConcept Yamato nadeshiko
Yamato-damashii
kokutai
linkedToImperialLineage Japanese imperial family
linkedToMythology Kojiki
Nihon Shoki
mythologicalAncestor Amaterasu
nativeTo Japanese archipelago
politicalStructure Yamato polity
region East Asia
religion Buddhism
Shinto
selfDesignation Wajin
traditionalReligion Shinto
writingSystem hiragana
kanji
katakana

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amaterasu ethnicContext Yamato
Yamato period namedAfter Yamato
Baekje diplomaticRelations Yamato Japan
linked to: Yamato
Baekje militaryAlly Yamato Japan
linked to: Yamato
Uchinanchu hasDistinctFrom Yamato Japanese
linked to: Yamato
Ō no Yasumaro culture Yamato Japan
linked to: Yamato
Tenri partOfHistoricRegion Yamato
Emperor Ōjin dynasty Yamato
Ōtomo no Tabito regionOfActivity Yamato (Japan)
linked to: Yamato
Amami Ōshima hasTown Yamato
Takano no Niigasa placeOfActivity Yamato (Japan)
linked to: Yamato
Rinshi historicalRegion Yamato (Japan)
linked to: Yamato
Fujiwara no Yoshifusa historicalRegion Yamato (Japan)
linked to: Yamato
Ōtoku region Yamato (Japan)
linked to: Yamato
Yamato dynasty ethnicGroup Yamato Japanese
linked to: Yamato
King Mu of Baekje foreignRelations Yamato Japan
linked to: Yamato
Miyako people hasDistinctCultureFrom Yamato Japanese
linked to: Yamato
Amami people culturallyDistinctFrom Yamato Japanese
linked to: Yamato
Wajin relatedTerm Yamato (Japan)
linked to: Yamato
Princess Toshi house Yamato
Ōyashima relatedConcept Yamato
Emperor Kinmei culture Yamato Japan
linked to: Yamato
Wa relatedTerm Yamato
Emperor Seiwa royalHouse Yamato
Ōtomo clan region Yamato
subject linked to: Ōtomo
Empress Iwanohime culture Yamato
Kurohime no Iratsume countryOfCitizenship Yamato Japan
linked to: Yamato
Gaya tradedWith Yamato Japan
linked to: Yamato
Taika era capital Yamato