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{{short description|Former province of Japan}}
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{{nihongo|'''Yamato Province'''|大和国|Yamato no Kuni|{{IPA|ja|jaꜜ.ma.to (no kɯ.ɲi)}}<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典|publisher=NHK Publishing|editor=NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute|date=24 May 2016|lang=ja}}</ref>}} was a [[Provinces of Japan|province]] of [[Japan]], located in [[Kinai]], corresponding to present-day [[Nara Prefecture]] in [[Honshū]].<ref>[[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]] (2005). "Yamato" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia''|page=1046}}.</ref> It was also called {{nihongo|'''Washū'''|和州}}. Yamato consists of two characters, 大 "great", and 和 "[[Wa (name of Japan)|Wa]]". At first, the name was written with one different character ({{lang|ja|大[[wikt:倭|倭]]}}), but due to its [[Graphic pejoratives in written Chinese|offensive connotation]], for about ten years after 737, this was revised to use more desirable characters ({{lang|ja|大[[wikt:養|養]][[wikt:徳|徳]]}}) (see [[Names of Japan]]). The final revision was made in the second year of the [[Tenpyō-hōji]] era ({{Circa|758}}). It is classified as a great province in the ''[[Engishiki]]''.

The [[Yamato Period]] in the [[history of Japan]] refers to the late [[Kofun Period]] (c. 250–538) and [[Asuka Period]] (538–710). Japanese [[archaeologists]] and historians emphasize the fact that during the early Kofun Period the [[Yamato Kingship]] was in close contention with other regional powers, such as [[Kibi Province]] near present-day [[Okayama Prefecture]]. Around the 6th century, the local chieftainship gained national control and established the Imperial court in Yamato Province.

The [[battleship]] {{ship|Japanese battleship|Yamato||2}}, the flagship of the [[Japanese Combined Fleet]] during [[World War II]], was named after this province.

==Capital==
During the [[Kofun period]] (300 to 538) and the [[Asuka period]], many palace capitals were located in [[Kashihara, Nara|Kashihara]], [[Asuka, Nara|Asuka]], and [[Sakurai, Nara|Sakurai]]. Yamato was the first central government of the unified country in the [[Kofun period]].<ref name="kofun">{{cite book |last=Henshall |first=Kenneth |year=2012 |title=A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower |pages=15–16 |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] | location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vD76fF5hqf8C |isbn=978-0-230-34662-8}}</ref> [[Heijō-kyō]] capital was placed in [[Nara (city)|Nara City]] during the Nara period.

In the 14th century, the capital of the [[Southern Court]] was established in [[Yoshino, Nara|Yoshino]] and Anou.

==Temples==
The [[provincial temple]] for monks is popularly thought to have been [[Tōdai-ji]], but it may have in fact been a different one in Kashihara. The one for nuns was [[Hokke-ji]].

The primary shinto shrine was [[Sakurai, Nara|Sakurai]]'s [[Ōmiwa Shrine]], but there have been no records stating as such found at the shrine itself. There were no [[Ninomiya (shrine)|secondary shrines]]. The [[Sōja shrine|sōja]] (or principal Shinto shrine in the province) was [[Kokufu Shrine]] (Takatori, [[Takaichi District, Nara|Takaichi]], [[Nara Prefecture|Nara]]).

==''[[Kokushi (official)|Kami]]'' of Yamato==
*[[Minamoto no Shigetoki]]
*[[Minamoto no Suetō]]
*[[Utsunomiya Nobufusa]]
*[[Oda Hidanaga]]
*[[Oda Toshisada]]
*[[Oda Tatsusada]]
*[[Oda Tatsukatsu]]
*[[Mitsuki Naoyori]]
*[[Honjō Fusanaga]]
*[[Tōyama Kagetō]]
*[[Jushii]]-ge [[Nakai Masakiyo]]
*Jushii-ge [[Matsudaira Tomonori]]
*Jushii-ge [[Matsudaira Naotsune]]
*[[Jugoi]]-ge [[Kanō Hisachika]]
*Jushii-ge [[Matsudaira Naonobu]]
*Jushii-ge [[Matsudaira Tsunenori]]
*Jushii-ge [[Matsudaira Naoyoshi]]

==Districts==
{|class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|Ancient
!Medieval
!1 April 1896
!Modern
|-
|rowspan=2|{{nihongo3||曾布|Sofu}}
|[[Soekami District, Nara|Sofu no Kami no Kōri]]
|Soekami-gun
|Soekami-gun
|[[Nara, Nara|Nara-shi]], [[Tenri, Nara|Tenri-shi]]
|-
<!-- Sofu -->
|[[Soejimo District|Sofu no Shimo no Kōri]]
|Soejimo-gun
|rowspan=2|[[Ikoma District, Nara|Ikoma-gun]]
|rowspan=2|[[Yamatokōriyama, Nara|Yamatokōriyama-shi]], [[Ikoma, Nara|Ikoma-shi]], Ikoma-gun
|-
| 
|[[Heguri District|Heguri no Kōri]]
|Heguri-gun
<!-- Ikoma-gun -->
|-
| 
|[[Hirose District|Hirose no Kōri]]
|Hirose-gun
|rowspan=2|[[Kitakatsuragi District, Nara|Kitakatsuragi-gun]]
|rowspan=2|[[Yamatotakada, Nara|Yamatotakada-shi]], [[Kashiba, Nara|Kashiba-shi]], [[Katsuragi, Nara|Katsuragi-shi]], Kitakatsuragi-gun
|-
|rowspan=3|{{nihongo3||葛城|Katsuragi}}
|[[Katsuge District|Katsuragi no Shimo no Kōri]]
|Katsuge-gun
<!-- Kitakatsuragi-gun -->
|-
<!-- Katsuragi -->
|[[Katsujō District|Katsuragi no Kami no Kōri]]
|Katsujō-gun
|rowspan=2|[[Minamikatsuragi District, Nara|Minamikatsuragi-gun]]
|rowspan=2|[[Gose, Nara|Gose-shi]]
|-
<!-- Katsuragi -->
|[[Oshimi District|Oshimi no Kōri]]
|Oshimi-gun
<!-- Minamikatsuragi-gun -->
|-
| 
|[[Uchi District|Uchi no Kōri]]
|Uchi-gun
|Uchi-gun
|[[Gojō, Nara|Gojō-shi]]
|-
| 
|[[Yoshino District, Nara|Yoshino no Kōri]]
|Yoshino-gun
|Yoshino-gun
|Gojō-shi, Yoshino-gun
|-
| 
|[[Uda District, Nara|Uda no Kōri]]
|Uda-gun
|Uda-gun
|[[Uda, Nara|Uda-shi]], Uda-gun
|-
|rowspan=2|{{nihongo3||磯城|Shiki}}
|[[Shikijō District|Shiki no Kami no Kōri]]
|Shikijō-gun
|rowspan=3|[[Shiki District, Nara|Shiki-gun]]
|rowspan=3|Tenri-shi, [[Kashihara, Nara|Kashihara-shi]], [[Sakurai, Nara|Sakurai-shi]], Shiki-gun
|-
<!-- Shiki -->
|[[Shikige District|Shiki no Shimo no Kōri]]
|Shikige-gun
<!-- Shiki-gun -->
|-
|
|[[Toichi District|Toichi no Kōri]]
|Toichi-gun
<!-- Shiki-gun -->
|-
|
|[[Takaichi District, Nara|Takaichi no Kōri]]
|Takaichi-gun
|Takaichi-gun
|Kashihara-shi, Takaichi-gun
|-
|
|[[Yamabe District, Nara|Yamabe no Kōri]]
|Yamabe-gun
|Yamabe-gun
|Tenri-shi, [[Nara, Nara|Nara-shi]], Yamabe-gun
|}

==[[Han (administrative division)|Domains]]==
*[[Yagyū Domain]]
*[[Kōriyama Domain]]
*[[Koizumi Domain]]
*[[Yanagimoto Domain]]
*[[Kaijū Domain]] / [[Shibamura Domain]]
*[[Kujira Domain]]
*[[Uda-Matsuyama Domain]]
*[[Takatori Domain]]
*[[Okidome Domain]]
*[[Tatsuta Domain]]
*[[Tawaramoto Domain]]
*[[Kishida Domain]]
*[[Yamato-Shinjō Domain]]
*[[Gose Domain]]
*[[Yamato-Gojō Domain]]

==See also==
*{{ship|Japanese battleship|Yamato}}
*[[List of Han]]
*[[List of Provinces of Japan]]
*[[Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Yamato]]
*[[Yamataikoku]]
*[[Yamato-damashii|Yamato-damashii - 'the Japanese spirit']]
*[[Yamato period]]
*[[Yamato people|Yamato people (Japanese)]]
*[[Yoshino Province]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
* [[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]] and Käthe Roth (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC  ''Japan encyclopedia.''] Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition  OCLC 58053128]

==External links ==
{{Commons category-inline|Yamato Province}}
* [http://www.maproom.org/00/05/sub1/1.html Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903]

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