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articles, Kofun period and Asuka period.  The Yamato period
(大和時代 Yamato-jidai?) is the period of Japanese history when the
Japanese Imperial court ruled from modern-day Nara Prefecture,
then known as Yamato Province.  While conventionally assigned to
the period 250–710 (including both the Kofun period (c 150-538)
and the Asuka period (538-710)), the actual start of Yamato rule
is disputed. The Yamato court's supremacy was challenged during
the Kofun period by other polities centered in various parts of
Japan. At least it is certain that Yamato clans had major
advantages over their neighbouring clans at the 6th century.
This period is divided by the relocation of the capital to
Asuka, in modern Nara Prefecture, into the Kofun and Asuka
periods. However, the kofun period is an archaeological period
while the Asuka period is a historical period. Therefore, many
think this is an old division and