Yamato

Yamato (大和) was originally the area around today's Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a name for the whole of Japan.

Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial House of Japan.

Japanese history

Yamato people, the dominant ethnic group of Japan
Yamato period, when the Japanese Imperial court ruled from Yamato Province
Yamato Kingship, the government of the Yamato period
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 Yamato dynasty
Yamato-e, classical Japanese painting
Yamato-uta, alternative term for waka (poetry)
Yamatai, ancient geographical term that may be associated with Yamato
Daiwa (disambiguation) is spelled using the same kanji as Yamato

Geography

Japan

Yamato Province, Japan, former province, present-day Nara Prefecture
Yamato, Fukuoka, a town in Fukuoka Prefecture
Yamato, Fukushima, a town in Fukushima Prefecture
Yamato, Gifu, former town now part of Gujo City, Japan
Yamato, Ibaraki, a village in Ibaraki Prefecture
Yamato, Kagoshima, a village in Kagoshima Prefecture
Yamato, Kanagawa, a city in Kanagawa Prefecture
Yamato, Kumamoto, a town in Kumamoto Prefecture
Yamato, Niigata, former town now part of the city of Minamiuonuma
Yamato, Saga, a town in Saga Prefecture
Yamato, Yamaguchi, former town now part of Hikari
Yamato, Yamanashi, a village in Yamanashi Prefecture
Yamato River, a river in Nara and Osaka Prefecture
Yamato Town, later renamed Wakō, Saitama
Yamato Village, later renamed Higashiyamato, Tokyo

United States

Yamato Colony, California, Japanese-American agricultural community
Yamato Colony, Florida, former Japanese farm settlement

Antarctica

Meteorites

Yamato 691, 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite
Yamato 791197, lunar meteorite found on Earth
Yamato 000593, Martian meteorite found on Earth

Ships

Yamato (ship), several Japanese ships of this name

Companies

Yamato Life Insurance Company, Japan
Yamato Transport, Japan, delivery service

Animals

Caridina multidentata (Yamato shrimp)

Language

Yamato kotoba, native Japanese language vocabulary

People

Yamato (surname)
Yamato (given name)
Yamato (wrestler), Japanese professional wrestler

Entertainment

Wadaiko Yamato, Japanese musical group
Yamato (film), about the World War II battleship Yamato
Space Battleship Yamato (2010 film), Japanese live action film
Yamato Man, a robot master in Mega Man 6 and Mega Man Battle Network 3
Yamato, the signature sword wielded by Vergil in the Devil May Cry franchise
The Ark of Yamato, an area in the video game Ōkami
The Yamato Perpetual Reactor, a particle accelerator from Shin Megami Tensei IV
Yamato, a battlecruiser cannon from the StarCraft franchise
Takeshi Yamato, alter ego of Ultraman 80's TV show

Anime and manga

Space Battleship Yamato (disambiguation), Japanese TV, film and game series; Star Blazers in the West
Yamato Takeru (anime)
Yamato Takeru (film)
Shiroi Senshi Yamato (Yamato, the White Fighter), a manga by Yoshihiro Takahashi
Takeru Yamato, character in the Eyeshield 21 manga
Yamato, Kaido's daughter from One Piece

Publications

Yamato (magazine), Italian propaganda magazine published during World War II