Yamato region

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cultural region historical region

The Yamato region is the early political and cultural heartland of Japan, where the first unified Japanese state emerged under the Yamato court.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Yamato region canonical	4
Asuka region	1
Kinai region (political center of Toyotomi rule)	1
Kinai region of Japan	1
Yamato area	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance	major concentration of Kofun-period sites ⓘ
associatedWith	Imperial House of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Shinto NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamato clan NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOf	Yamato polity NERFINISHED ⓘ
chroniclesDocumentedIn	Kojiki NERFINISHED ⓘ Nihon Shoki NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Asuka NERFINISHED ⓘ Isonokami Shrine NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Miwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Nara Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Omiwa Shrine NERFINISHED ⓘ numerous kofun burial mounds ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance	considered cradle of Japanese civilization ⓘ
developed	early Japanese state rituals ⓘ early court bureaucracy ⓘ
exportedCultureTo	other parts of the Japanese archipelago ⓘ
hasEtymology	name later used poetically for all of Japan (Yamato) ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	Asuka period NERFINISHED ⓘ Kofun period NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	contains multiple UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Nara area ⓘ
historicalCenterOf	Yamato court NERFINISHED ⓘ early Japanese state ⓘ
historicalNameOf	Yamato Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Chinese dynasties ⓘ Korean Peninsula polities ⓘ
knownFor	early Japanese court culture ⓘ emergence of first unified Japanese state ⓘ large keyhole-shaped tombs ⓘ political centralization under Yamato rulers ⓘ
language	Old Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedTo	early compilation of Japanese chronicles ⓘ formation of Japanese imperial mythology ⓘ
locatedIn	Honshu ⓘ Kansai region ⓘ
partOf	present-day Nara Prefecture ⓘ
politicalSystem	chiefdom confederation evolving into centralized monarchy ⓘ
predecessorOf	Nara region as political center ⓘ
religion	Shinto ⓘ early Buddhism ⓘ
seatOf	early Japanese emperors ⓘ
timePeriod	3rd century to 7th century ⓘ
traditionalCenterOf	Yamato-e painting tradition (by name association) NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Kofun period → capital → Yamato region ⓘ

Yamato period → notableSite → Yamato region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asuka region

Habikino → hasNearbyCulturalRegion → Yamato region ⓘ

Nene → region → Yamato region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kinai region of Japan

Toyotomi Tsurumatsu → region → Yamato region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kinai region (political center of Toyotomi rule)

Katsuragi → partOf → Yamato region ⓘ

Nara Basin → partOf → Yamato region ⓘ

Kawachi area → borderedBy → Yamato region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yamato area