Yamato Clan Essay

The Yamato period is known as the period of Japanese history in which the Japanese Imperial court ruled modern-day Nara Prefecture, it was then commonly known as the Yamato Province. The Yamato clan (or people) are known as the native, or dominant ethnic group of Japan. The term Yamato derived from the 19th Century to tell the difference between the native settlers of the mainland of Japan from a lot of other minority ethnic groups who settled in peripheral areas of Japan such as, Ainu and the Oroks. Around the late 300’s in A.D., there was one clan in particular that began to stand out of all the rest in political power and influence all around Japan. The clan was known as the Yamato Clan. The Yamato Clan was known for their courageous attitudes bravery throughout the men in battle and
also known for their superior fighting techniques. As a result of this, all of the other clans within Japan became subject to them. The head person of the Yamato Clan became the first emperor of Japan, he was known as Emperor Jimmu. The Yamato people claimed that their people derived from the sun goddess.
The ancient emperors of the Yamato Clan are thought to be humans, but the Japanese treated and acted as if they were Gods, or divine. With that, instead of the emperor, the military leader held the real power over the Japanese Army and the Yamato Clan. Many people throughout the Yamato clan fought over this very wanted or desired power. Japan very rarely changed their emperors. Because of this, Japan was looked at as a very peaceful country, or neutral. A while earlier, the Japanese Archipelago was populated by the Jomon people. In many centuries before the beginning of the Yamato period, qualities of the Northeast Asian, Chinese, and Korean civilizations had been brought to attention by the Japanese Archipelago from migration. Egami Namio had theory that a horse race from the north made the dramatic changes of the later Kofun period. Archaeological evidence says that contacts between countries such as China, Korea, and Japan since the old ages of the Neolithic period, and its continuation at least during the Kofun period. The Yamato time period of Japanese culture is also known as the age of the great
tombs. Because of its appearance in these centuries of great, classy, well structured tombs. Made for the burial of rulers and other elites of the Yamato people. The name of Yamato comes from a region of Japan that was the home of the first clan to have the power over most of the islands in Japan. During the Yamato period, Japan advanced in technology by bringing in the making of rice, improving their pottery, developing the idea of iron working, building social hierarchies, and accomplishing a political, economic, and cultural goal of the islands Overall the Yamato Clan, or people had a great impact on todays society from simple things such as the use of iron work, to laying out the concept of rulers and head chiefs. They are one of the most successful and powerful groups in history, as well as one of the most successful throughout the world.