Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Yamato period The Yamato period (大和) is the period of Japanese history where the Japanese Imperial court ruled from modern day Nara prefecture. At the time, Nara prefecture was called Yamato province. The Yamato period occurred from circa 250 - 710 A.D. It is divided into two parts based upon the arrival of Buddhism: The Kofun period ( ca. 250 A.D - 538 ) The Asuka period ( 538 - 710 ) [ Kofun | Asuka ] < Yayoi | History of Japan | Nara period > This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.