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โ€œOn the very edge of the eastern world, a new civilization was born beneath the rising sun. Follow the Yamato as they eclipse the neighbouring clans to dominate Japan, turning the islands of rice farmers and fishermen into an empire of warriors and poets.โ€
—In-game campaign description
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Yamato, Empire of the Rising Sun cover art in the Definite Edition

Yamato, Empire of the Rising Sun (formatted without a comma before the Definitive Edition) is a campaign in Age of Empires that focuses on the rise and development of the Yamato Kingdom. The set consists of 8 different scenarios each with unique challenges and goals the player must face.

Definitive Edition[]

With the launch of the Definitive Edition, the campaign now consists of the following scenarios:

  1. The Assassins
  2. Island Hopping
  3. Capture
  4. The Mountain Temple
  5. The Canyon of Death
  6. Coup
  7. Jinshin War
  8. Fujiwara Revolts

Original[]

  1. The Assassins
  2. Island Hopping
  3. Capture
  4. Mountain Temple
  5. The Canyon of Death
  6. Oppression
  7. A Friend in Need
  8. Kyushu Revolts (named Tang Invasion in some copies)

Trivia[]

  • The original release of Age of Empires featured a different version of the seventh and eighth scenarios of the campaign. These were changed in response to concerns in South Korea with the theme of a Japanese invasion of the Korean peninsula. In subsequent releases of Age of Empires, the scenarios themselves were unchanged, but all scenario instructions, history text, and campaign maps were edited. So, instead of the Yamato intervention in the Korean peninsula, the final release depicts conflicts with the Kyushu clan.
  • The main background the original Age of Empires of the six first scenarios were conflicts between Yamato and Izumo clans. In the Definitive Edition, the historical background was further changed, but many things seems wrong, eg starting with Xu Fu, destroying Izumo Temple, Emperor Kobun as Choson, and so on.
  • Chronologically, the Yamato campaign is the latest in the game, even overlapping with the early timeframe in Age of Empires II.
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Yamato, Empire of
the Rising Sun
The Assassins ยท Island Hopping ยท Capture (Definitive Edition) ยท Mountain Temple (The Mountain Temple) ยท The Canyon of Death ยท Oppression (Coup) ยท A Friend in Need (Jinshin War) ยท Kyushu Revolts (Fujiwara Revolts)
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Names in brackets represent campaigns and scenarios renamed and/or reworked in the Definitive Edition.
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