Yamato Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Nara Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yamato" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1046. It was also called . 

The ancient capital city of the province was Wakigami in Katsujō District.  When the capital of Japan was moved to Heijō-kyō, the capital of the province was established in Takaichi District.  The exact locations are not known.

History
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures.  Maps of Japan and Yamato Province were reformed in the 1870s.Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.

The battleship Yamato was named after this ancient province. The Yamato was the flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy fleet during World War II, Nussbaum, "Yamato" at p. 1046.

Shrines and Temples
Ōmiwa jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Yamato."Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 ; retrieved 2012-1-18.

Related pages
 Provinces of Japan
 Prefectures of Japan
 List of regions of Japan
 List of islands of Japan

References

Other websites 

  Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

Category:Former provinces of Japan
Category:Nara Prefecture