Yamato 449039 225431226 2008-07-13T17:38:58Z Cirt 5389659 Removing backlinks to Wikinfo because "[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikinfo (6th nomination)]]"; using [[WP:TWINKLE|TW]] '''Yamato''' ([[wikt:大和|大和]]) is an ancient [[names of Japan|name of Japan]]. The term was [[extension (semantics)|semantically extended]] to mean “Japan” or “Japanese” in general. As such, the [[Ryukyuans]] sometimes use this name in contrasting mainland Japan with [[Okinawa Prefecture]], and in the [[Okinawan language]], Yamato is called "Yamatu". The term is thus a name for many things, and due to these, it is occasionally a point of contention. ==Japanese history== * [[Yamato people]], the dominant ethnic group of Japan * [[Yamato period]], which is the period of Japanese history when the Japanese Imperial court ruled from Yamato Province * [[Yamato-damashii]], the nationalistic "Japanese spirit" * [[Yamato Nadeshiko]], The ideology of the perfect Japanese woman, used as propaganda in World War II. * [[Yamato Takeru]], a legendary Japanese prince of the Yamato dynasty * [[Yamato-e]], classical Japanese painting ==Ships== * [[Yamato 1]], the first working prototype of a ship with a magnetohydrodynamic drive ===Imperial Japanese Navy=== * [[Yamato class battleship|''Yamato'' class battleship]], the largest naval vessel of World War II and the largest, heaviest battleship ever constructed. ** [[Japanese battleship Yamato|Japanese battleship ''Yamato'']], nameship of the aforementioned class, named after the Yamato Province * ''Yamato'', [[corvette]] of the ''Katsuragi'' class, launched in 1885 and sunk on [[September 18]], [[1945]] [http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0615.htm] ==Japanese geography== * [[Yamato Province]], a former province of Japan that covered the part of Honshu that is present-day Nara Prefecture * [[Yamato, Kanagawa]], a city in Kanagawa Prefecture * [[Yamato, Fukuoka]], a town in Fukuoka Prefecture * [[Yamato, Fukushima]], a town in Fukushima Prefecture * [[Yamato, Saga]], a town in Saga Prefecture * [[Yamato, Kumamoto]], a town in Kumamoto Prefecture * [[Yamato, Ibaraki]], a village in Ibaraki Prefecture * [[Yamato, Kagoshima]], a village in Kagoshima Prefecture * [[Yamato, Yamanashi]], a village in Yamanashi Prefecture * [[Yamato, Gifu]], a former town in Gifu Prefecture, which on 1 March 2004 became a part of Gujo City, Japan * [[Yamato, Niigata]], a former town in Niigata, Japan, which on 1 November 2004 merged with the town of Muika, Japan forming the city of Minamiuonuma, Japan * [[Yamato, Yamaguchi]], a former town in Yamaguchi Prefecture, which on 4 October 2004 merged into Hikari, Japan * Yamato Town (as it was named upon its establishment in 1943), which changed its name to [[Wako, Saitama]] on [[31 October]] [[1970]] * Yamato Village (as it was named upon its establishment on 1 November 1919), which changed its name to [[Higashi-yamato, Tokyo]] on [[1 October]] [[1970]] ==Japanese organizations== * [[Yamato (movement)]], a western Japanese movement for its independense<ref>an article at Wikinfo: [http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Yamato Yamato]</ref> ==United States geography== * [[Yamato Colony, California]], a Japanese-American agricultural community in California * [[Yamato Colony, Florida]], a Japanese farm settlement in South Florida in the first half of the twentieth century * [[Yamato Colony, Texas]], a Japanese-American owned sugar cane plantation in Texas ==Antarctic geography== * [[Yamato Glacier]] ==Companies== * [[Yamato Transport]], Japan's largest door-to-door delivery service company * Yamato Motor Co. Ltd., the producer of boats and motors for [[Kyōtei]] ==Entertainment== * [[Wadaiko Yamato]], a Japanese musical group which performs Taiko music * [[USS Yamato|USS ''Yamato'']] (NCC-71807), a Galaxy Class starship in the Star Trek fictional universe which was a sister ship of the USS ''Enterprise'' * ''[[Otoko-tachi no Yamato]]'', a 2005 Japanese World War II film about the ''Yamato'' Japanese battleship * Yamato Man, A [[Robot Master#041-048 .28Mega Man 6.29|Robot Master]] from the video game ''Mega Man VI'' * Yamato Cannon, a powerful weapon of [[Terran (StarCraft)|Terran]] Battlecruisers in the popular PC game, ''[[StarCraft]]'' . * The katana of [[Vergil (Devil May Cry)|Vergil]], a character from the ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' series of video games * The name of a legendary ark in ''[[Ōkami]]'' * Two [[military science fiction]] novels by [[Ken Kato]], both set in the 24th Century: [[Yamato: A Rage In Heaven]]; and [[Yamato 2: The Way Of the Warrior]]. Both were written during the early-to-mid-1990's; the paperback versions of each were published in a pair of separate installments, while the hardcover versions were published in a single installment. * Yamato, one of the Alliance Fleet ships that carried the squadron "Ronin" and later "Tigers" on the PC and [[Dreamcast]] title ''[[StarLancer]]'' ==Anime and Manga== * ''[[Space Battleship Yamato]]'', a Japanese science fiction anime series created by [[Leiji Matsumoto]] and the name of its [[Space Battleship Yamato (spaceship)|eponymous space craft]]; called ''Star Blazers'' in the West * [[Kira Yamato]], the protagonist of the television anime series ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'' and an important character in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' * Minazuki Yamato, a character in the manga ''[[Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne]]'' * [[Yamato Delgado]] ("Daiwa" in the Japanese version), the main character in the ''Battle B-Daman'' anime and manga series * [[Yamato Ishida]] ("Matt" in the English dub), a fictional character in the anime and manga series [[Digimon Adventure]] and [[Digimon Adventure 02]] * [[Yamato (Naruto)|Yamato]], a fictional character in the manga and anime [[Naruto]] * Yamato Akitsuki, a fictional character in manga/anime ''[[Suzuka (manga)|Suzuka]]'' * [[Waki Yamato]], a manga author * [[Yamato Kotobuki]], a fictional character in the anime/manga ''[[Super Gals!]]'' * ''[[Shiroi Senshi Yamato]] (Yamato, the White Fighter)'', a manga by [[Yoshihiro Takahashi]] * Yamato, a big battleship headed by [[Isoroku Yamamoto]] in the anime [[Zipang (anime)|Zipang]] (the anime's depiction of the real battleship). ==Animals== *[[Yamato shrimp]], an [[invertebrate]] frequently used in the planted [[freshwater aquarium]], known for eating [[algae]] ==People== {{Family name | name = Yamato | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation = Yamato | meaning = | region = [[Japanese language|Japanese]] | origin = Japanese | related names = | footnotes = <ref>[http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html 1990 Census Name Files<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> }} *[[Yamato Gō]], a former [[sumo]] wrestler from [[Hawaii]] *[[Yūga Yamato]], the current top star of [[Takarazuka Revue]] *[[Yamato Manwa]], a composer of [[Koto (musical instrument)|koto]] music *YAMATO, the ring name of Japanese professional wrestler [[Masato Onodera]]. *[[Yamato, Ganeko]], a singer of the band [[ORANGE RANGE]]<ref>an article at the Asian pop wiki [[Wiki.ThePPN]]: [http://wiki.theppn.org/YAMATO YAMATO]</ref> ==See also== Yamato is usually written as "大和", but these two characters can also be read as "Daiwa" or "Taiwa." '''Yamato''' may erroneously refer to: * [[Daiwa, Hiroshima]], a former town in Hiroshima Prefecture, which on 22 March 2005 merged with two other towns to form the city of Mihara, Japan * [[Daiwa, Shimane]], a former village in Shimane Prefecture, which on 1 October 2004 merged with Ochi, Shimane to form the town of Misato, Japan * [[Taiwa, Miyagi]], a town in Miyagi Prefecture * Daiwa Bank, now a part of [[Resona Holdings, Inc.]], which was part of a bond scandal in 1995 {{disambig}} [[Category:Japanese names]] ==References== <references /> [[cs:Jamato]] [[de:Yamato]] [[es:Yamato]] [[eo:Yamato (apartigilo)]] [[fr:Yamato]] [[ko:야마토]] [[id:Yamato]] [[it:Yamato]] [[lb:Yamato (1940)]] [[lt:Jamatas]] [[nl:Yamato]] [[no:Yamato]] [[ja:大和 (曖昧さ回避)]] [[pl:Yamato]] [[pt:Yamato]] [[ru:Ямато]] [[sk:Jamato]] [[fi:Yamato]] [[sv:Yamato]] [[th:ยะมะโตะ]] [[uk:Ямато]] [[zh:大和]]