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In the myth of the construction of Japan, the country dates back to the emperor Jinmu (660 BC), descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu Ômikami. The reality is obviously different. What we call Japan today was first born from Yamato, when, in the 3rd century, a strong and organized political structure was set up around Nara, cradle of the country. The name of Japan, Nihon, literally "the origin of the sun", goes back to a letter sent to China by Prince Shotoku Taishi (574-622), which began with these words: "From the celestial emperor of the rising sun to the celestial emperor of the setting sun". Coming from a very small country, Yamato, and addressed to the largest empire in the region, the missive was not lacking in audacity and marked the sovereignty of Japan. It aroused the ire of China, but had the advantage of baptizing for a long time an archipelago with an eventful history.