Yamato State (jan 1, 250 – jan 1, 710)
Description:
Time of loose hegemony of the dominant aristocratic clansClan kamis: patron spirits/gods— warlord (daimyo) as direct descendant of its clan kami
Myth of lineage: Izanagi’s descent into the underworld to save wife Izanami but she so dead and stinky that he does a ritual to purify himself and gives birth to Amaterasu from his eye and Susano from his nostril
- Amaterasu (sun goddess) is Tamato's clan Kami and Susano-o is Izumos
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Date:
jan 1, 250
jan 1, 710
~ 460 years