Yamato Province

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Yamato Province was an ancient region in Japan that served as the political and cultural heartland of early Japanese civilization and the imperial court.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical Japanese province
abolishedInSystem Meiji prefectural system
associatedWith Imperial House of Japan NERFINISHED
Yamato court NERFINISHED
Yamato polity NERFINISHED
capital Nara NERFINISHED
classifiedAs Yamato-dō region in Gokishichidō NERFINISHED
containsSite Asuka historical area NERFINISHED
Mount Miwa NERFINISHED
Nara Basin NERFINISHED
Yoshino region NERFINISHED
containsTemple Hōryū-ji NERFINISHED
Kōfuku-ji NERFINISHED
Tōdai-ji NERFINISHED
Yakushi-ji NERFINISHED
correspondsTo Nara Prefecture NERFINISHED
country Japan
existedBefore Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Yamato no Kuni NERFINISHED
hasEtymology name derived from ancient term for Japan itself
hasJapaneseName 大和国 NERFINISHED
hasLegacy basis for concept of Yamato people
term Yamato used poetically for Japan
historicalCapital Asuka NERFINISHED
Fujiwara-kyō NERFINISHED
Heijō-kyō NERFINISHED
influenced early Japanese court culture
formation of Japanese state
knownFor early Buddhist temples
early kofun burial mounds
languageContext Old Japanese NERFINISHED
locatedIn Honshu
Kinai region NERFINISHED
neighboringProvince Iga Province NERFINISHED
Kawachi Province NERFINISHED
Kii Province NERFINISHED
Yamashiro Province NERFINISHED
partOf Gokishichidō system NERFINISHED
religiousCenter Isonokami Shrine NERFINISHED
Kasuga Taisha NERFINISHED
Ōmiwa Shrine NERFINISHED
role cultural center of early Japan
heartland of the imperial court
political center of early Japan
timePeriod Asuka period NERFINISHED
Kofun period NERFINISHED
Nara period NERFINISHED

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Yamato period capital Yamato Province
Yamato polity locatedIn Yamato Province
Yamato-class battleship namedAfter Yamato Province