Yamato

E166261

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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Yamato canonical 28
Yamato Japan 7
Yamato (Japan) 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
majority ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith Imperial House of Japan ⓘ
Yamato court ⓘ
linked to: House of Yamato

Yamato period ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Yamato dynasty ⓘ
contrastedWith Ainu people ⓘ
linked to: Ainu

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 minzoku ⓘ
linked to: Yamato people
ethnicMajorityIn Japan ⓘ
ethnogenesisPeriod Kofun period ⓘ
exonym Wa ⓘ
historicalCapital Heian-kyō ⓘ
linked to: Kyoto

Heijō-kyō ⓘ
linked to: Nara
historicalCenter Nara Basin ⓘ
Yamato Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalReligionOfState State Shinto ⓘ
historicalScriptDevelopment man’yōgana ⓘ
language Japanese language ⓘ
linkedToConcept Yamato nadeshiko ⓘ
Yamato-damashii ⓘ
kokutai ⓘ
linkedToImperialLineage 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (45)

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

Amaterasu → ethnicContext → Yamato ⓘ
Yamato period → namedAfter → Yamato ⓘ
Baekje → diplomaticRelations → Yamato Japan ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
Baekje → militaryAlly → Yamato Japan ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
Uchinanchu → hasDistinctFrom → Yamato Japanese ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
Ō no Yasumaro → culture → Yamato Japan ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
Tenri → partOfHistoricRegion → Yamato ⓘ
Emperor Ōjin → dynasty → Yamato ⓘ
Ōtomo no Tabito → regionOfActivity → Yamato (Japan) ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
Amami Ōshima → hasTown → Yamato ⓘ
Takano no Niigasa → placeOfActivity → Yamato (Japan) ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
Rinshi → historicalRegion → Yamato (Japan) ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
Fujiwara no Yoshifusa → historicalRegion → Yamato (Japan) ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
Ōtoku → region → Yamato (Japan) ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
Yamato dynasty → ethnicGroup → Yamato Japanese ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
King Mu of Baekje → foreignRelations → Yamato Japan ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
Miyako people → hasDistinctCultureFrom → Yamato Japanese ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
Amami people → culturallyDistinctFrom → Yamato Japanese ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
Wajin → relatedTerm → Yamato (Japan) ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
Princess Toshi → house → Yamato ⓘ
Ōyashima → relatedConcept → Yamato ⓘ
Emperor Kinmei → culture → Yamato Japan ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
Wa → relatedTerm → Yamato ⓘ
Emperor Seiwa → royalHouse → Yamato ⓘ
Ōtomo clan → region → Yamato ⓘ
subject linked to: Ōtomo
Empress Iwanohime → culture → Yamato ⓘ
Kurohime no Iratsume → countryOfCitizenship → Yamato Japan ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
Gaya → tradedWith → Yamato Japan ⓘ
linked to: Yamato
Taika era → capital → Yamato ⓘ