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Yamato Kingship

Yamato State (marked in green).

The Yamato Kingship (ヤマト王権, Yamato Ōken) was a tribal alliance centered on the Yamato region (Nara Prefecture) from the 4th century to the 7th century, and ruled over the alliance of noble families in the central and western parts of the Japanese archipelago.[1] The age is from the 3rd to the 7th century, later than the Yamatai Kingdom. After the Taika Reform, the ōkimi as an emperor, at that time, was in power, and the Yamato period ended.[2][3] The time period is archaeologically known as the Kofun period. Regarding its establishment, due to the relationship between Yamatai and Yamato's succession to the king's power, there are very different views on it.

The Yamato Kingship refers to the regime that emerged in the Nara region (Yamato region) since the 4th century. But the term does not imply the origin of Japan, which is disputed in Japanese history. At the same time as the rise of the Nara Kingship, there were probably several or even dozens of power centers in the Japanese archipelago. This is an issue that Japanese academia attaches great importance to.[4][page needed]

In the course of the development of the tribes from the state of separation to the direction of union between the 2nd and 3rd centuries, the Japanese royal power had become the center of the tribes. In order to establish its position as a united ally, the Japanese royal power attached importance to foreign relations, paid tribute to China's Eastern Jin and Liu Song dynasties, and made every effort to maintain close relations with the countries on the Korean peninsula (Baekje and Gaya), monopolizing various technologies imported by foreigners. In the second half of the 5th century, it was able to overwhelm the gentry in the capital and the local clans.[5]

  1. ^ "「大和朝廷」ではなく、「ヤマト王権」という用語を使うのはなぜですか。|株式会社帝国書院".
  2. ^ Fred S. Kleiner, Christin J. Mamiya (2005). Gardner's art through the ages. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth. p. 222. ISBN 0-534-64095-8.
  3. ^ Rowthorne, Chris (2003). Lonely Planet Japan. Hawthorn: Lonely Planet Publications. pp. 34. ISBN 1-74059-162-3.
  4. ^ Henshall, Kenneth (2012-04-17). A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-34662-8.
  5. ^ Totman, Conrad (2014-09-11). A History of Japan. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-02235-0.

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