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1. Yamato Court

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   Origins and Territorial Consolidation
   The term "Yamato" refers both to the geographical region in modern Nara Prefecture and the nascent political entity that arose there. Archaeological evidence suggests the consolidation process involved the subjugation or incorporation of powerful local clans, a process often formalized through symbolic marriages and the establishment of ritual authority 2. The structure of the early court relied heavily on the veneration of ancestral spirits, which later provided the ideological b…