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  2. Yamato period - Wikipedia

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    The Yamato period (大和時代, Yamato-jidai) is the period of Japanese history when the Imperial court ruled from modern-day Nara Prefecture, then known as Yamato Province. While conventionally assigned to the period 250–710, including both the Kofun period ( c. 250 –538) and the Asuka period (538–710), the actual start of Yamato rule ...

  3. Imperial House of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Imperial House (皇室, Kōshitsu) is the reigning dynasty of Japan, consisting of those members of the extended family of the reigning emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties. Under the present constitution of Japan, the emperor is "the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people". Other members of the imperial ...

  4. The Yamato Dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The Yamato Dynasty: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family is a 1999 non-fiction book by historian Sterling Seagrave and Peggy Seagrave. The full text is divided into 13 chapters in total. The full text is divided into 13 chapters in total.

  5. Yamato Kingship - Wikipedia

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    The term Yamato court has three meanings: Yamato court is a powerful political force and organization based in the Nara period before the establishment of the Ritsuryo state. The government and administration of the Yamato period (Kofun period). Yamato kingship.

  6. Yamato people - Wikipedia

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    The Wajin (also known as Wa or Wō) or Yamato were the names early China used to refer to an ethnic group living in Japan around the time of the Three Kingdoms period.Ancient and medieval East Asian scribes regularly wrote Wa or Yamato with one and the same Chinese character 倭, which translated to "dwarf", until the 8th century, when the Japanese found fault with it, replacing it with 和 ...

  7. Yamato - Wikipedia

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    Yamato clan, clan active in Japan since the Kofun period; Yamato-damashii, the "Japanese spirit", or Yamato-gokoro, the "Japanese heart/mind" Yamato nadeshiko, the ideology of the perfect Japanese woman; Yamato Takeru, a legendary Japanese prince of the imperial dynasty; Yamato-e, classical Japanese painting; Yamato-uta, alternative term for ...

  8. Yamato Province - Wikipedia

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    The Yamato Period in the history of Japan refers to the late Kofun Period (c. 250–538) and Asuka Period (538–710). Japanese archaeologists and historians emphasize the fact that during the early Kofun Period the Yamato Kingship was in close contention with other regional powers, such as Kibi Province near present-day Okayama Prefecture ...

  9. Soga clan - Wikipedia

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    The Soga clan (Japanese: 蘇我 氏, Hepburn: Soga uji) was one of the most powerful aristocratic kin groups of the Asuka period of the early Japanese state—the Yamato polity—and played a major role in the spread of Buddhism in Japan.