Yamato

E166261

ethnic group majority ethnic group

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Yamato canonical	11
Yamato (Japan)	3
Yamato Japan	3
Yamato Japanese	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ majority ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith	Imperial House of Japan ⓘ House of Yamato ⓘ surface form: Yamato court Yamato period ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty	Yamato dynasty ⓘ
contrastedWith	Ainu ⓘ surface form: Ainu people 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 people ⓘ surface form: Yamato minzoku
ethnicMajorityIn	Japan ⓘ
ethnogenesisPeriod	Kofun period ⓘ
exonym	Wa ⓘ
historicalCapital	Kyoto ⓘ surface form: Heian-kyō Nara ⓘ surface form: Heijō-kyō
historicalCenter	Nara Basin ⓘ Yamato Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalReligionOfState	State Shinto ⓘ
historicalScriptDevelopment	man’yōgana ⓘ
language	Japanese language ⓘ
linkedToConcept	Yamato nadeshiko ⓘ Yamato-damashii ⓘ kokutai ⓘ
linkedToImperialLineage	Imperial House of Japan ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Amaterasu → ethnicContext → Yamato ⓘ

Yamato period → namedAfter → Yamato ⓘ

Princess Sachiko → familyName → Yamato ⓘ

Baekje → diplomaticRelations → Yamato ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yamato Japan

Baekje → militaryAlly → Yamato ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yamato Japan

Himetatara Isuzuhime → narrativeLocation → Yamato ⓘ

Uchinanchu → hasDistinctFrom → Yamato ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yamato Japanese

Yamato Plateau → traditionalName → Yamato ⓘ

Ō no Yasumaro → culture → Yamato ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yamato Japan

Tenri → partOfHistoricRegion → Yamato ⓘ

Katsuragi → hasHistoricalRegion → Yamato ⓘ

Emperor Ōjin → dynasty → Yamato ⓘ

Man'yōgana → historicalRegion → Yamato ⓘ

Ōtomo no Tabito → regionOfActivity → Yamato ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yamato (Japan)

Amami Ōshima → hasTown → Yamato ⓘ

Emperor Kameyama → familyName → Yamato ⓘ

Takano no Niigasa → placeOfActivity → Yamato ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yamato (Japan)

Rinshi → historicalRegion → Yamato ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yamato (Japan)