{"id":37494,"date":"2024-09-25T16:50:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T07:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=37494"},"modified":"2024-09-25T16:50:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T07:50:55","slug":"the-name-of-ghost-of-tsushimas-sequel-ghost-of-yotei-has-deep-historical-implications-according-to-japanese-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-name-of-ghost-of-tsushimas-sequel-ghost-of-yotei-has-deep-historical-implications-according-to-japanese-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"The name of Ghost of Tsushima\u2019s sequel Ghost of Yotei has deep historical implications, according to Japanese scholar\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sucker Punch and Sony just announced <strong>Ghost of Yotei<\/strong>, a sequel to Ghost of Tsushima that\u2019s slated to launch sometime in 2025. The new title takes place in 1603 \u2013 300 years after the events of the first game, in Japan\u2019s northern Hokkaido region.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The story of the brand-new protagonist Atsu is set in the lands surrounding the titular Mount Yotei \u2013 a mountain that exists in real-life Japan. Commenting the game\u2019s concept, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2024\/09\/24\/ghost-of-yotei-is-coming-in-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sucker Punch<\/a> says, \u201cwe looked beyond Jin Sakai\u2019s story and the island of Tsushima and shifted our focus to the idea of the Ghost instead.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ghost of Y\u014dtei - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7z7kqwuf0a8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This idea of the Ghost, and the way the game title \u201cGhost of Yotei\u201d encapsulates it, caught the attention of Itsuji Tangiku, a Japanese scholar of Ainu culture and language. (For context, the Ainu are an indigenous ethnic group from Japan\u2019s northern regions, including Hokkaido.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting the upcoming Ghost of Yotei, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/itangiku\/status\/1838775565580669328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tangiku notes<\/a>, \u201cThe fact that Ghost of Yotei is set in Hokkaido, Japan in 1603 is amazing. It encompasses the meaning of \u201cghost\u201d in many ways. It has to be intentional.\u201d He goes on to explain that Mount Yotei was in fact not called \u201cYotei\u201d in the year 1603. The mountain was originally called Machineshiri by the Ainu people, but the Japanese started calling it Mount Shiribeshi from the Meiji period (1868\u20131912) onwards. The name \u201cYotei\u201d was later derived from \u201cShiribeshi,\u201d making its use in Ghost of Tsushima\u2019s sequel very anachronistic. Believing this to be an intentional decision by the developers, Itsuji comments that \u201cin the year 1603, \u2018Mount Yotei\u2019 is very much a ghost toponym.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"545\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-37494-002.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost of Yotei\" class=\"wp-image-37501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-37494-002.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-37494-002-380x205.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-37494-002-768x415.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The scholar also weighs in on the significance of the year 1603 itself in the context of Japanese and Ainu history. According to Itsuji, 1603 was the year before the government of Edo period Japan gave a single aristocratic family, called the Matsumae clan, the exclusive right to trade with the Ainu people. This was a turning point when the Ainu people\u2019s dominance in the Hokkaido region gradually started to crumble.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 1603, the Ainu still had the upper hand over the Japanese, but starting from 1604, the Matsumae clan excluded other northern clans from trading with them and imposed themselves as the representatives of the Japanese people. Within 200 years, Hokkaido \u2013 the home of the Ainu, was completely transformed into a fishery \u2013 this was the beginning of the colonialization of Hokkaido. Itsuji suggests that against this background, Ghost of Yotei\u2019s name might even be satirizing colonialism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the details of Ghost of Yotei\u2019s plot remain shrouded in mystery, we may be looking at a potential Ainu revenge drama.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1190\" height=\"669\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1190px) 100vw, 1190px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-37494-001.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost of Yotei\" class=\"wp-image-37502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-37494-001.jpg 1190w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-37494-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240925-37494-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ghost of Yotei is scheduled to be released sometime in 2025 for the PS5.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese scholar of Ainu culture weighs in on the name and setting of Ghost of Yotei, the sequel to Ghost of Tsushima.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":37500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-37494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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