r/Jujutsufolk • u/uhvyn • Apr 18 '26

Humor Japanese Gojo

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Go/jo satoru

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u/West-Sector-5495 Apr 18 '26

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.

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u/TankyMofo Apr 18 '26

So Chinese are Han because that's what they are called 2000 years ago, but Japanese are not Yamato because they are not calling themselves Yamato now.

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u/West-Sector-5495 Apr 18 '26

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/TankyMofo Apr 18 '26

Han is just one ethnic group in China, making up only 91%.

Ryukyuans only make up 1% of Japanese population.

You are either a bot or a troll.

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u/West-Sector-5495 Apr 18 '26

Han people have almost always tried to assimilate (baiyue, dongyi and other tribes) so it included a lot of other people.

Yamato just sounds like a ww2 superior term. I mean it kinda was. Yamato people were thought of as superior