Definitions for "Yamato"
Keywords:  naruto
Keywords:  amaterasu, shinto, cult, lowland, clan
Japanese clan that gained increasing dominance in the 4th and 5th centuries c.e.; created imperial cult around Amaterasu and Shinto; brought most of the lowland plains of the southern islands under control. (p. 241)
Keywords:  japan, yah, mah, harmony, mountain
yah-mah-to) an old name for Japan which means east-mountain
"Land of Great Harmony" - traditional name for Japan