Yamato

Yamato
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
Yamato Glacier
Yamato Mountains
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
Yamato-class battleship
Japanese battleship Yamato
Japanese corvette Yamato
Yamato 1
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
See also
An Investigation of Global Policy with the Yamato Race as Nucleus
Yamoto (disambiguation)
Yamato is usually written as "大和", but these two characters can also be read as "Daiwa" or "Taiwa".
Yamato may erroneously refer to the identically written:
Daiwa, Hiroshima, now part of the city of Mihara, Japan
Daiwa, Shimane, now part of the town of Misato, Japan
Taiwa, Miyagi, a town in Miyagi Prefecture
Daiwa Bank, now a part of Resona Holdings
Japanese-language surnames
Japanese masculine given names
Masculine given names