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Adage About Ghost-Built Japanese Spirit Turns Out Suspiciously YouTube-Shaped

This YouTube video by a channel called "Kings and Generals" (not sure how good or credible tbh) titled Ainu - History of Ghost of Yotei DOCUMENTARY makes the claim that there is a "common adage" that: "The Japanese spirit was built on the Ghost of the Emishi." But after…