Yamato Plain

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The Yamato Plain is a fertile lowland area in Nara Prefecture, Japan, historically significant as one of the earliest political and cultural centers of the Japanese state.

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Label Occurrences
Yamato Plain canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical region
plain
associatedWith Yamato polity NERFINISHED
early Japanese state formation
associatedWithPeriod Asuka period NERFINISHED
Kofun period NERFINISHED
Yayoi period NERFINISHED
boundedBy Ikoma Mountains NERFINISHED
Kii Mountains NERFINISHED
Kongō Range NERFINISHED
Yamato Plateau NERFINISHED
climate humid subtropical climate
contains Asuka area NERFINISHED
Kashihara NERFINISHED
Nara Basin NERFINISHED
Sakurai NERFINISHED
Tenri NERFINISHED
Yamatokoriyama NERFINISHED
country Japan
drainedBy Asuka River NERFINISHED
Saho River NERFINISHED
Tomio River NERFINISHED
Yamato River NERFINISHED
hasArchaeologicalSite Asuka-Fujiwara archaeological sites NERFINISHED
Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic fertile
lowland
historicalLanguage Old Japanese NERFINISHED
historicalRole early cultural center of Japan
early political center of Japan
knownFor ancient Buddhist temples
dense concentration of kofun tumuli
early imperial palaces
rice cultivation
languageOfRegion Japanese
locatedIn Kansai region
Nara Prefecture NERFINISHED
locatedOn Honshu
near Nara city NERFINISHED
partOf Kinai region NERFINISHED
Yamato Province NERFINISHED
religiousSignificance center of early Shinto cults
early center of Japanese Buddhism
significance core area of ancient Yamato Kingdom
cradle of Japanese civilization
terrainType alluvial plain
usedFor agriculture
settlement

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Kashihara hasRegion Yamato Plain