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As reported byAutomaton, a Japanese scholar of Ainu culture and language has pointed out as much.
“It encompasses the meaning of ‘ghost’ in many ways.
It has to be intentional.”
The Ainu people originally dubbed the mountain “Machineshiri.”
During the Meiji period between 1868 and 1912, it was instead called Mount Shiribeshi.
“In the year 1603, ‘Mount Yotei’ is very much a ghost toponym,” he says.
The scholar then delves into how significant the year itself is historically.
With this context in mind, Tangiku details how Ghost of Yotei could also be satirizing colonialism.
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