Yamato ( Jap. 大 和 民族 Yamato Minzoku ) , in the old literature also Rasa Yamato and Wadzin ( Jap. 和 人 Wadzin , literally “people of Ba”) is the main ethnic group of Japan [1] [2] [3] , actually Japanese .
| Yamato | |
|---|---|
| Abundance and area | |
| Total: about 120 million | |
 USA | |
| Tongue | Japanese |
| Religion | Shinto , Buddhism |
| Related peoples | Ruks , Ainu |
History
The term began to be used around the end of the 19th century to distinguish the inhabitants of the main historical islands of Japan ( Honshu , Kyushu, and Shikoku ) from ethnic minority groups who lived in peripheral areas of Japan, such as the Ainu , Niuki , Nivkhi , Orok , and Koreans , Taiwanese. and the natives of Taiwan , who were incorporated into the Japanese Empire at the beginning of the 20th century. This name also applied to public education that existed in the Japanese archipelago from III — IV to VIII century.
Notes
- ↑ Levin, Mark. The Wajin's Whiteness: Law and Race Privilege in Japan (Eng.) // Hōritsu Jihō (法律 時報): journal. - 2008. - 1 February ( vol. 80 , no. 2 ). - P. 80-91 .
- ↑ Robertson, J. Blood talks: Eugenic modernity // History and Anthropology : journal. - 2002. - Vol. 13 , no. 3 - P. 191-216 . - DOI : 10.1080 / 0275720022000025547 . - PMID 19499628 .
- ↑ Japan's Minorities: The Illusion of Homogeneity. - 2nd. - Routledge, 2009.