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This article is about the civilization in Age of Empires. For the other appearances of the faction in the series, see Japanese.

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Yamato is the name of a Japanese dynasty (approximately 250–710 AD), that was located in Ancient Japan with the capital city at Fujiwara. The Yamato are the ancestors of modern Japanese people and were the first people to unify and conquer all of Japan. In Age of Empires, they are one of the three playable East Asian civilizations and make an excellent offensive civilization on sea maps. They also have a self-sufficient economy giving them a slight edge in the beginning of the game. The equivalent civilization is known as Japanese in both Age of Empires II and Age of Empires III.

Civilization attributes

Asian style
+20% Ship hit points.
+10% Villager speed.
-15% Cavalry and Horse Archer cost.

Changelog

Original

Cavalry and Horse Archers cost -30%.
Fishing Ships have +33% HP, other ships have +30% HP.
Villagers have +18% speed (though 30% is stated)

The Rise of Rome

Cavalry and Horse Archers cost -25%.

Definitive Edition

All ships have +25% HP. With update 38862, ships have +20% HP instead.
Villager speed +10%
With Content Update 9, Cavalry and Horse Archers cost -20%. With update 38862, they cost -15%.

AI player names

Names shown in italics are only used in the original game, names shown in bold are used in both the original game and its expansions.

Nintoku (仁徳天皇) – 16th Emperor of Japan; reigned 313–399
Sei – Possibly short for Seimu (成務天皇, 13th Emperor of Japan; reigned 131–191), Seinei (清寧天皇, 22nd Emperor of Japan; reigned 480–484) or Seiwa (清和天皇, 56th Emperor of Japan; reigned 858–876)
Sei II – Did not exist in Japan
Nintoku II – Did not exist in Japan
Sei III – Did not exist in Japan
Nintoku III – Did not exist in Japan
Sei IV – Did not exist in Japan
Jimmu Tenno (神武天皇) – First (legendary) Emperor of Japan, reigned 660–585 BC
Himiko (卑弥呼) – Queen of Yamataikoku, reigned 189–248
Shotoku Taishi (聖徳太子) – Prince and regent for Empress Suiko; lived 572–622
Kammu (桓武天皇) – 50th Emperor of Japan, reigned 781–806
Jingo (神功皇后/神功天皇) – A Japanese empress consort/regnant, technically the 15th sovereign of Japan; reigned 201–269
Keiko (景行天皇) – 12th Emperor of Japan; reigned 71–130
Temmu (天武天皇) – 40th Emperor of Japan; reigned 672–686

Trivia

Historical or legendary figures (except Himiko), represented by Yamato AI players, belong to the Imperial House of Japan, who hailed from Kyushu, according to Kojiki & Nihon Shoki. Meanwhile, Queen Himiko likely belonged to another dynasty who ruled Yamatai, which then did not exert its authority over all early Honshu Japanese polities; as Sanguozhi mentioned Himiko's conflict against king Himikoko of Kuna.
- A more encompassing civilizational name would have been Wa, the native Japanese first singular person pronoun "I, me", best represented by 我, which is read, meaning-based, as wa (わ/ワ).
- Historically, wa (わ/ワ) was transcribed with graphic pejorative 倭 "short, dwarf" by Chinese or by Japanese with 和 "harmony, peace", using sound-based reading.
Their extra speed on villagers is the same bonus as the Assyrians.
The Yamato strengths closely resemble the ones of the Berbers of Age of Empires II (cheaper cavalry, improved navy stats and extra villager speed)

Gallery

v • d • e Civilizations in Age of Empires categorised by architecture set
East Asian architecture	Choson · Lac Viet · Shang · Yamato
Egyptian architecture	Assyrians · Egyptians · Hittites
Greek architecture	Greeks · Minoans · Phoenicians
Mesopotamian architecture	Babylonians · Persians · Sumerians
Roman architecture	Carthaginians · Macedonians · Palmyrans · Romans

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-{{Infobox Civilization
+{{Infobox civilization
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+|Intro = [[File:EmpiresIcon.png]] ''[[Age of Empires]]''
-|style = Asian
+|Arch = East Asian
+|Features = [[Villager (Age of Empires)|Villagers]] {{tt|+10%|+30% stated but actually +18% before the Definitive Edition}} faster<br />[[Cavalry]] {{tt|15%|30% before The Rise of Rome, 25% in the Rise of Rome, 20% before update 38862}} cheaper<br />[[Ship]] hit points {{tt|+20%|+33% for Fishing Ships, +30% for other ships before the Definitive Edition, 25% before update 38862}}
-|features = [[Villager (Age of Empires)|Villagers]] 30% faster
+|Continent = Asia
-[[Cavalry]] 25% cheaper
+|Personality = Offensive
-[[Naval vessel|Ship]] hit points +30%
+|Image = [[image:Yamato map.png|230px]]
-|continent = East Asia
+|Caption = This picture depicts the extent of the Yamato civilization at 7th century.
-|personality = Offensive
+}}'''Yamato''' is the name of a Japanese dynasty (approximately 250–710 AD), that was located in Ancient Japan with the capital city at Fujiwara. The Yamato are the ancestors of modern Japanese people and were the first people to unify and conquer all of Japan. In ''[[Age of Empires]]'', they are one of the three playable East Asian civilizations and make an excellent offensive civilization on sea maps. They also have a self-sufficient economy giving them a slight edge in the beginning of the game. The equivalent civilization is known as [[Japanese]] in both ''[[Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings|Age of Empires II]]'' and ''[[Age of Empires III]]''.
-|image = [[image:Yamato map.png|230px]]
-|caption = This picture depicts the maximum extent of the Yamato civilization.
-}}'''Yamato''' is the name of a Japanese dynasty that was located in Ancient Japan with the capital city at Fujiwara. The Yamato are the ancestors of modern Japanese people and were the first people to unify and conquer all of Japan. In ''[[Age of Empires]]''. they are a playable East Asian civilization and make an excellent offensive civilization on sea maps. They also have a self-sufficient economy giving them a slight edge in the beginning of the game. The equivalent civilization is known as [[Japanese]] in both ''[[Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings|Age of Empires II]]'' and ''[[Age of Empires III]]''.
-== Civilization Attributes ==
+== Civilization attributes ==
-*Asian style
+* Asian style
+* {{tt|+20%|+33% for Fishing Ships, +30% for other ships before the Definitive Edition, 25% before update 38862}} [[Ship]] [[hit points]].
-*+30% [[Naval vessel|Ship]] hit points.
-*+30% [[Villager (Age of Empires)|Villager]] speed.
+* {{tt|+10%|+30% stated but actually +18% before the Definitive Edition}} [[Villager (Age of Empires)|Villager]] speed.
-*-25% [[Cavalry]]/[[Horse Archer]] cost.
+* -{{tt|15%|30% before The Rise of Rome, 25% in the Rise of Rome, 20% before update 38862}} [[Cavalry]] and [[Horse Archer]] cost.
-== AI Player Names ==
+== Changelog ==
+===''Original''===
+* Cavalry and Horse Archers cost -30%.
+* Fishing Ships have +33% HP, other ships have +30% HP.
+* Villagers have +18% speed (though 30% is stated)
+=== ''The Rise of Rome'' ===
+* Cavalry and Horse Archers cost -25%.
+=== ''Definitive Edition'' ===
+* All ships have +25% HP. With [[update 38862]], ships have +20% HP instead.
+* Villager speed +10%
+* With [[Update 9 (Age of Empires: Definitive Edition)|Content Update 9]], Cavalry and Horse Archers cost -20%. With [[update 38862]], they cost -15%.
+== AI player names ==
 Names shown in ''italics'' are only used in the original game, names shown in '''bold''' are used in both the original game and its expansions.
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+== Trivia ==
+* Historical or legendary figures (except Himiko), represented by Yamato AI players, belong to the [[Wikipedia:Imperial House of Japan|Imperial House of Japan]], who hailed from [[Wikipedia:Kyushu|Kyushu]], according to [[Wikipedia:Kojiki|Kojiki]] & [[Wikipedia: Nihon Shoki|Nihon Shoki]]. Meanwhile, [[Wikipedia:Himiko|Queen Himiko]] likely belonged to another dynasty who ruled [[Wikipedia:Yamatai|Yamatai]], which then did not exert its authority over all early [[wikipedia:Honshu|Honshu]] Japanese polities; as [[Wikipedia:Records of the Three Kingdoms|Sanguozhi]] mentioned Himiko's conflict against king Himikoko of Kuna.
+** A more encompassing civilizational name would have been [[Wikipedia:Wa_(Japan)|Wa]], the native Japanese first singular person pronoun "I, me", best represented by [[Wiktionary:我#Etymology 1 2|我]], which is [[Wikipedia:Kanji#Special_readings|read, meaning-based]], as ''wa'' (わ/ワ).
+** Historically, ''wa'' (わ/ワ) was transcribed with [[Wikipedia:Graphic pejoratives in written Chinese|graphic pejorative]] 倭 "short, dwarf" by [[Chinese (Age of Empires II)|Chinese]] or by [[Japanese (Age of Empires II)|Japanese]] with 和 "harmony, peace", using [[Wikipedia:Kanji#Ateji|sound-based reading]].
+* Their extra speed on villagers is the same bonus as the [[Assyrians]].
+* The Yamato strengths closely resemble the ones of the [[Berbers]] of ''[[Age of Empires II]]'' (cheaper cavalry, improved navy stats and extra villager speed)
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery>
+AoE DE Yamato.png|Yamato (in the Iron Age) as shown in the ''Definitive Edition''
+Haniwa-Kofun-Warrior.jpg|Haniwa figurine of a Kofun-period warrior
+</gallery>
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+[[Category:Far East civilizations]]
-[[Category:Offensive Civilizations]]
+[[Category:Offensive civilizations]]