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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Yamato period
		The Yamato court's supremacy was challenged throughout the Kofun period at least by another polity centred in the later Bizen and Bitchū provinces in what is now known as Okayama prefecture, and it was only into the 6th century that the Yamato clans could be said to have any major advantage over their neighbouring clans.
		The hereditary lands of the Yamato clan are on a peninsula on the southwest coast of Ise Bay.
		Yamato was most closely associated with the southeastern kingdom of Paekche, whence came the "seven-pronged sword." Contact with the mainland, although involving conflict, also encouraged a marked rise in standards of living in the archipelago, as many of the fruits of advanced Chinese civilization reached Japan via people from the peninsula.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Yamato-period (0 words)

	Japanese history: Jomon, Yayoi, Kofun
		During the Jomon Period (13000 BC to 300 BC), the inhabitants of the Japanese islands were gatherers, fishers and hunters.
		By the beginning of the Kofun Period (300 - 538), a center of power had developed in the fertile Kinai plain, and by about 400 AD the country was united as Yamato Japan with its political center in and around the province of Yamato (about today's Nara prefecture).
		The emperor was ruler of Yamato Japan and resided in a capital that was moved frequently from one city to another.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2131.html (451 words)

	Ancient Japan
		In the middle period there were rapid strides in pottery techniques; the pots produced during this time in the central mountain areas are generally considered to be the finest of the whole Jomon era.
		Generally speaking, the settlements of this period were built on low-lying alluvial land to facilitate the irrigation of the paddies, but at one stage they were built instead in the hills or on high ground.
		Most divide this period into three stages: a time of growth and expansion from about 250 to the end of the 4th century, a period of florescence that covers the 5th century, and then a period of decline from the early 6th century.
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	The Yamato State
		Yamato is the plain around Osaka; it is the richest agricultural region in Japan.
		Korea was in its most dynamic cultural and political period; the peninsula itself was divided into three great kingdoms: Koguryo in the north, Paekche in the east, and Silla in the west.
		This connection between the Yamato court and Paekche is culturally one of the most important events of early Japanese history.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/ANCJAPAN/YAMATO.HTM (0 words)

	The Yamato State
		The Yamato kings located their capital at Naniwa (modern day Osaka) and enjoyed a hegemony over the surrounding aristocracies that made them powerful and wealthy.
		According to the Japanese chronicles, the court of the Yamato kings was based on Korean models for the titles given to the court and regional aristocrats were drawn from Korean titles.
		A.D. In the latter years of the 500's, the alliance between Paekche and the Yamato state broke down; this eventually led to the loss of Japanese holdings on the Korean peninsula.
	www.wsu.edu /~dee/ANCJAPAN/YAMATO.HTM (969 words)

	Age of Mythology Odyssey
		The Yamato period of Japanese culture is also called the age of the great tombs because of the appearance in these centuries of great tombs and tomb clusters, presumably for the burial of rulers and other elites.
		During the Yamato period, Japan accelerated its advance in technology by adopting the cultivation of rice, improving its pottery, developing iron working, building social hierarchies, and accomplishing a political, economic, and cultural consolidation of the islands.
		The hereditary lands of the Yamato clan are on a peninsula on the southwest coast of Ise Bay.
	www.angelfire.com /biz6/aom/aoeyamato.html (1076 words)

	KUMANODAI Class presents...
		Most divide this period into three stages: a time of growth and expansion from about 250 to the end of the 4th century, a period of florescence that covers the 5th century, and then a period of decline from the early 6th century.
		Yamato was most closely associated with the southeastern kingdom of Paekche, whence came the "seven-pronged sword." Contact with the mainland, although involving conflict, also encouraged a marked rise in standards of living in the archipelago, as many of the fruits of advanced Chinese civilization reached Japan via people from the peninsula.
		Yamato's interest in Korea was apparently a desire for access to improved continental technology and resources, especially iron, which was especially plentiful near the lower reaches of the Naktong River in the south.
	www.dokidoki.ne.jp /home1/cyberfair/cf99_file/dogo_yamato_court.html (2112 words)

	Yamato period - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Yamato court's supremacy was challenged throughout the Kofun period at least by another polity centred in the later Bizen and Bitchū provinces in what is now known as Okayama prefecture, and it was only into the 6th century that the Yamato clans could be said to have any major advantage over their neighbouring clans.
		Yamato links to the China and the Liu Song Dynasty in 425 and 478 were facilitated by the maritime knowledge and diplomatic connections of Baekje.
		The Asuka period is known for its significant artistic, social, and political transformations, which had their origins in the late Kofun period.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yamato_period (1890 words)

	Edo period - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa Shogunate which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.
		The period ended with the Meiji Restoration, the restoration of imperial rule by the 15th and last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
		The cause for the end of this period is controversial but is recounted as the forcing of Japan's opening to the world by Cmdre Matthew Perry of the US Navy, whose armada (known by Japanese as "the fl ships") fired weapons from Tokyo Bay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edo_period (4996 words)

	History of Japan - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Heian period is considered the peak of the Japanese imperial court and noted for its art and especially in poetry and literature.
		The most traumatic event of the period was the Mongol invasions of Japan between 1272 and 1281, in which massive Mongol forces with superior naval technology and weaponry attempted a full-scale invasion of the Japanese islands.
		The Kamakura period ended in 1333 with the destruction of the shogunate and the short reestablishment of imperial rule under the Emperor Go-Daigo by Ashikaga Takauji, Nitta Yoshisada, and Kusunoki Masashige.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/History_of_Japan (6085 words)

	Yamato - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yamato period, which is the period of Japanese history when the Japanese Imperial court ruled from Yamato Province
		Yamato Takeru, a legendary Japanese prince of the Yamato dynasty
		Yamato, Niigata, a former town in Niigata, Japan, which on 1 November 2004 merged with the town of Muika, Japan forming the city of Minamiuonuma, Japan
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yamato (605 words)

	Yamato (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Yamato (大和) is an old province of Japan, which is now known as Nara prefecture.
		"Yamato Damashi" or the Spirit of Yamato is used colloquially in a nostalgic way by conservative Japanese to refer to a mysterious Golden Age of Japanese Culture when life was simple and people were honest and worked hard.
		The Kofun Period of Japanese culture is also sometimes called the Yamato Period by Western Scholars, since this local Chieftain ship eventually rose up to become the Imperial Dynasty at the end of the Kofun Period.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/y/ya/yamato.html (191 words)

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		Consequently, ninjutsu since the Edo period has been identified as different than the noble traditions of the samurai, and those practicing it were usually regarded by the rest of society as lowly people.
		The final conclusion of this brief analysis is that Ninjutsu until the modern period refers to knowledge and skills for entering enemy territory and fortifications in secret or in disguise.
		Therefore, whether the details of Yamato Takeru's life are accurate is not as important as the fact that in the year 712 there was a record of a warrior who had the knowledge to utilize fighting techniques which were unusually innovative, and which we may identify as early Ninjutsu.
	www.ninpo.org /ninpohistory/ninpohistory.html (3201 words)

	Early Japan
		The Yamato peoples were essentially a clan (uji)-based society, loosely ruled by an Emperor or Empress, and in which religious ceremonies played an important part in governance.
		Yamato was thus able to mingle with the women of the Kumaso borthers, and was allowed to sit with them during a feast that night.
		The bow the Yamato warriors used may well have borne at least a conceptual resemblance to that employed by the later samurai.
	www.samurai-archives.com /earlyjapan.html (0 words)

	Japanese Swords 3 - Legends of Yamato Province
		Ancient sword (Chokuto or Ken) Period (until A. The swords chiefly made by the smiths from China or Korea or by the early Japanese smiths during this period.
		The length of the long sword (daito) was shortened, the cutting edged being reduced to about 2 feet, and the samurai began carrying it by inserting it between the hip and the sash.
		Besides, many swords like police and parade sabers, which were manufactured during the last forty-year cannot be considered samurai swords because of the plating and methods of forging contrary to the conventional methods of hand-forging and tempering of samurai swords.
	japanesesamuraiswords.com /japanese-samurai-swords-3.htm (0 words)

	Japan Reference - Culture - Japanese History : Kofun Period　古墳時代
		The Kofun Period of Japanese culture is also sometimes called the Yamato Period by some Western Scholars, since this local Chieftain ship eventually rose up to become the Imperial Dynasty at the end of the Kofun Period.
		But some at the Yamato court--such as the Nakatomi (later known as Fujiwara) family, which was responsible for performing Shinto rituals at court, and the Mononobe, a military clan--were set on maintaining their prerogatives and resisted the alien religious influence of Buddhism.
		The Kofun period is seen as ending by A.D. 538, when the use of elaborate kofun by the Yamato and other elite fell out of use because of prevailing new Buddhist beliefs, which put greater emphasis on the transience of human life.
	www.jref.com /culture/kofun_period_era.shtml (0 words)

	Yamato Shizu
		Yamato research is usually quite difficult, and swords found that belong to this tradition often get school designations rather than to individual smiths.
		In the case of Yamato Shizu, this phrase is used to describe both the Shodai Shizu Saburo Kaneuji, who was a smith of the Tegai school, and to his students.
		This blade, firmly in the Nambokucho period, is of a style that would be too late to be the work of the Shodai, so it is the work of his students left behind in Yamato.
	www.nihonto.ca /yamato-shizu (0 words)

	Yamato Period Online Encyclopedia Article About Yamato Period
		A 6th–8th-c Japanese state in the Yamato Plain near modern Kyoto, S Honshu.
		The Yamato uji, ‘descended’ from ‘Emperor Jimmu’, became pre-eminent.
		Chinese and Korean culture penetrated, writing was adopted, adminstration improved, society stratified, and power centralized.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /Cambridge/entries/078/Yamato-period.html (0 words)

	JP NET Kimono Hypertext: History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From the primitive Jomon period through the Yamato,
		Edo periods, factors including climate, life and customs of the Imperial court, laws, the development of skills in weaving and dyeing, and the availability of materials have influenced the style of Japanese clothing.
		Today, 1200 years later, the Imperial household still uses the costumes of the Heian period for the formal occasions of coronations and weddings.
	web.mit.edu /jpnet/kimono/kimono-history.html (64 words)

	Kofun (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Kofun Period of Japanese culture is also sometimes called the Yamato Period by some Western Scholars, since this local Chieftain ship eventually rose up to become the Imperial Dynasty at the end of the Kofun Period.
		But some at the Yamato court--such as the Nakatomi family, which was responsible for performing Shinto rituals at court, and the Mononobe, a military clan--were set on maintaining their prerogatives and resisted the alien religious influence of Buddhism.
		The Kofun period is seen as ending by A.D. 538, when the use of elaborate kofun by the Yamato and other elite fell out of use because of prevailing new Buddhist beliefs, which put greater emphasis on the transience of human life.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/k/ko/kofun.html (701 words)

	Yamato Takeru Summary
		Yamato Takeru, whose name means "brave man from the Yamato region," is a legendary character described in the records of the Yamato kingship, including the Nihonshoki (720 CE) and Kojiki (712 CE).
		According to the Nihonshoki and Kojiki, Yamato Takeru was the son of Keiko Tenno, the twelfth emperor.
		Beginning in the middle of the early modern period, Yamato Takeru came to be characterized as a figure with rich human emotions, especially the feeling of sorrow.
	www.bookrags.com /Yamato_Takeru (1300 words)

	Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This development is usually divided into the Yamato, Heian, Kamakura-Muromachi, Edo, and modern periods; the first four are each named after the site of the main administrative center of Japan at the time.
		The foremost poetic development in the period after the early 14th century was the creation of the renga, or linked verse, a form circumscribed by many regulations.
		Throughout the modern period Japanese writers were influenced by other literatures, primarily those of the West, and they refashioned many foreign literary concepts and techniques in fiction and poetry.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..ja010500.a#FWNE.fw..ja010500.a (2490 words)

	Nara period Summary
		During the Nara period (710–794), the Japanese imperial central government was unified, strengthened, and developed through religious ritual and the importation of Chinese bureaucratic methods.
		The conclusion of the Nara period was marked by an imperial decision to abandon the capital at Nara in favor of constructing a new capital at Heian-kyo, modern-day Kyoto.
		The Tōdaiji was the kokubunji of Yamato Province (大和国, present-day Nara Prefecture, 奈良県).
	www.bookrags.com /Nara_period (2111 words)

	HAIKU by Basho
		Yamato Period ca 300-645 established a Chinese system of government, accomplished the introduction of Buddhism which became somewhat integrated with the animistic folk-religion, Shinto.
		Nara period 710-784 involved a strong central government under the Yamato family, with the establishment of the office of Emperor according to Shinto ideals, and a permanent capital.
		Overall, the trends of culture moved (a) from civilian rule to military rule, (b) from diplomacy to totalitarianism, (c) from elegance/subtlety to duty/self-discipline, (d) from sophistication to the ideals of heroic behavior, and (e) from religiousity to irreverance for authority.
	www.uwf.edu /tprewitt/Japan3.htm (1101 words)

	Yamato Glossary/Characters, Monomyth Website, ORIAS, UC Berkeley
		The pantheon of deities reflects the political structure of Japan as it was established prior to the compilation of the myths, which fixed this structure and the legitimacy of the imperial lineage.
		By the middle of the Yamato period (300-710 A.D.), the government employed scribes, many of whom were Korean immigrants or their descendants, to keep track of and record the business of government and administration.
		Yamato Takeru is famous for his subjugation of the aboriginal people found in western and eastern Japan and for extending the territory under the control of the Yamato Court.
	www.ias.berkeley.edu /orias/hero/yamato/characters_yamato.html (6437 words)

	The Heritage of World Civilizations, Fifth Edition Chapter 9 -- Instructor's Manual
		The Yamato period is known to us through Chinese records and the earliest Japanese accounts of its own history: Records of Ancient Matters and Records of Japan.
		The Yamato period continued to be influenced by Koreans who introduced Buddhism to Japan in 532.
		This period also saw the emergence of the shogun as the de facto ruler of Japan, though in theory he was but a military official of the emperor.
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	Japanese Literature (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Possibly the greatest Japanese aesthetic achievement in literature, it can be described as the distilled essence of poetry, and it reflects the influence of Zen, a form of Buddhism that prevailed in Japan at this time.
		In the period from 1910 to 1930 Akutagawa Ryunosuke, a disciple of Soseki, created a highly structured, polished short-story form that, in English translation, has found admirers throughout the world.
		In the period after World War II Japanese literature received a careful and sympathetic appraisal by several American scholars, foremost among them Donald Keene.
	www.ron-turner.com /japaneseliterature.html (2150 words)

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