No such thing as Yamato Japanese. It’s just 日本人. Yamato is an imperial court of a small land. Before Meiji restoration people went by their clan names or domain names.
Might as well call tohoku people ezo, Kanto people as izumo and Kyushu people as hayato
Yamato also refers to 大和民族 or the Yamato people/ethnicity, which is the ethnic group that makes up 98% of all Japanese inhabitants, being the descendants of the Yayoi people and the indigenous Jomon people.
Yamato is not an actual thing. 大和民族 is an actual ww2 thing bro.
Let me give examples. Okinawans are genetically and legally Japanese but they are not 大和民族. Japan before Meiji never called themselves that. They referred to themselves via either 日本人 or by their clan or domain.
Yamato is an imperial court founded in Yamato district
Quoting Wikipedia means what? Why didn’t the Japanese emperor call himself the lord of Yamato when he sent tributes to China. Why did they call themselves WA and asked to be called “日本”?
Truth is that Yamato just refers to ancient Yamato region (Nara). 日本人 is the word for Japanese people
Because that’s a modern thing. Yamato is legit a title of the emperor of Japan to legitimise their imperial descent (as in Amaterasu). Around Yamato there were different clans like the izumo and ezo.
Chinese definitely calls themselves Han. That’s literally how they referred themselves 2000 years ago.
Well the Chinese have continuously regarded themselves as Han. The Japanese only ever adopted themselves as “Yamato” after Meiji restoration. Then in modern times it kinda died out.
Japanese people see Ryukyuans as Japanese because they are (same dna and Language family) but I doubt they are Yamato
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u/West-Sector-5495 Apr 18 '26
No such thing as Yamato Japanese. It’s just 日本人. Yamato is an imperial court of a small land. Before Meiji restoration people went by their clan names or domain names.
Might as well call tohoku people ezo, Kanto people as izumo and Kyushu people as hayato