batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l2154-l2248
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record_id: batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l2154-l2248
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
passage_locator:
label: THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE
FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY; lines 2154-2248
start: '2154'
end: '2248'
translation: Japanese Fairy Tales
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: Listening attentively, he heard her reading the Buddhist scriptures with
great devotion.
summary: Katoda, ordered by Hase-Hime’s stepmother to remove and kill the princess,
instead hides her in a wilderness cottage and cares for her with his wife. Prince
Toyonari, misled by his wife’s false story, searches unsuccessfully until a mountain
hunt leads him to the cottage, where he finds Hase-Hime reading Buddhist scriptures.
Katoda reveals the wrong done to her; the stepmother flees, Katoda is rewarded,
Hase-Hime is restored, later marries, and is remembered as wise, devout, beautiful,
and as the maker of a Buddhist tapestry preserved in Kioto.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Katoda outwardly obeys his mistress by placing Hase-Hime in a palanquin and
taking her to a solitary wild district.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Katoda believes Hase-Hime is innocent and chooses not to kill her, instead
remaining in the wilderness.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Katoda, with help from peasants and his wife, builds a cottage and cares for
Hase-Hime there.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Hase-Hime trusts that her father will search for her when he returns and finds
her absent.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Prince Toyonari is told a false story that Hase-Hime did wrong and ran away,
and he searches for her without success.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: During a mountain hunt, Prince Toyonari reaches a narrow valley, sees a small
house, and hears a clear voice reading aloud.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Prince Toyonari finds Hase-Hime in the cottage reading Buddhist scriptures
with devotion, and father and daughter recognize each other.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Katoda tells Prince Toyonari the account of the wrong done to Hase-Hime and
explains why she was living in the desolate place.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: After the wrong is discovered, the stepmother flees the house and returns
in disgrace to her father’s roof.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: Katoda is rewarded with high promotion and remains devoted to Hase-Hime.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: Hase-Hime later marries an adopted heir, has a son, and is remembered as wise,
devout, and beautiful.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: A Buddhist temple in Kioto is said to preserve a Buddha tapestry made by Hase-Hime
from threads drawn from the lotus stem.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Hase-Hime
description: Young princess sent away by her stepmother, hidden in a wilderness
cottage, later found by her father reading Buddhist scriptures, restored, married,
and remembered as wise, devout, and beautiful.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Katoda
description: Vassal and old servant who refuses to kill Hase-Hime, hides and protects
her, tells Prince Toyonari the truth, and is later rewarded.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Katoda’s wife
description: Called secretly to the wilderness and helps care for Hase-Hime in the
cottage.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Prince Toyonari
description: Hase-Hime’s father, misled about her disappearance, searches for her,
finds her during a mountain hunt, restores her, and arranges her marriage to an
adopted heir.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Hase-Hime’s stepmother
description: Mistress who orders Hase-Hime sent away, gives a false account of her
disappearance, and flees when her wrongdoing is discovered.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Peasants
description: People who help Katoda build the wilderness cottage.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Adopted younger son of a Court noble
description: Adopted by Prince Toyonari as heir and later married to Hase-Hime.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Hase-Hime’s son
description: Son of Hase-Hime, described as the future lord of the family.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: innocent exiled daughter
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Katoda knows Hase-Hime is innocent of the accusations used to justify sending
her away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: faithful protector-retainer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Katoda refuses to kill Hase-Hime, hides her, cares for her, and is rewarded
for saving her life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: helpers in concealment
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:6
basis: The peasants help build the cottage, and Katoda’s wife helps care for Hase-Hime.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: searching father and restorer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Prince Toyonari searches for Hase-Hime, finds her, gives up the hunt, and
brings her home.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: devout reader and later revered mistress
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Hase-Hime is found reading Buddhist scriptures with devotion and is later
remembered as wise, devout, and beautiful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: role:6
label: false accuser and persecuting stepmother
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The stepmother invents accusations, gives a false explanation of Hase-Hime’s
absence, and flees when discovered.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: adopted heir and husband
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Prince Toyonari adopts him as heir and arranges his marriage to Hase-Hime.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:8
label: future family lord
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Hase-Hime presents her son, described as the future lord of the family, to
her father.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: palanquin of removal
literal_form: Palanquin used to carry Hase-Hime away from home.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: wilderness cottage
literal_form: Small cottage built in a wild and desolate place for Hase-Hime’s concealment
and care.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: Hibari Mountains and narrow valley
literal_form: Mountain district and valley where Prince Toyonari hunts and finds
the cottage.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: Buddhist scriptures
literal_form: Scriptures read aloud by Hase-Hime with devotion in the cottage.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: Buddha tapestry with lotus-stem threads
literal_form: Needle-work tapestry of Buddha embroidered with silky threads drawn
from the lotus stem, said to be Hase-Hime’s work.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Removal to the wild district
summary: Katoda places Hase-Hime in a palanquin and takes her to a solitary place
under the stepmother’s orders.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Concealment and care in the wilderness
summary: Katoda refuses to kill Hase-Hime, builds a cottage with peasants’ help,
calls his wife, and the old couple care for the princess.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Father deceived and searching
summary: Prince Toyonari returns, hears the false explanation of Hase-Hime’s disappearance,
and searches secretly without finding her.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Mountain hunt and discovery
summary: During a hunt in the Hibari Mountains, Prince Toyonari enters a valley,
hears a reader, approaches the cottage, and sees Hase-Hime reading Buddhist scriptures.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Recognition and reunion
summary: Prince Toyonari calls to Hase-Hime; she recognizes him, runs to him, and
weeps while holding his sleeve.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Disclosure, disgrace, and reward
summary: Katoda tells the truth, Prince Toyonari brings Hase-Hime home, the stepmother
flees in disgrace, and Katoda is promoted.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:7
label: Restoration, succession, and sacred handiwork
summary: Hase-Hime marries the adopted heir, has a son, is remembered for wisdom
and devotion, and is credited with a Buddha tapestry preserved in Kioto.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: persecuted innocent princess exiled by stepmother
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hase-Hime is falsely accused by her stepmother and sent away to a solitary
wild district despite her innocence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives the episode within a retelling and does not provide
a formal motif classification.
- id: motif:2
label: faithful servant spares intended victim and hides her
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Katoda is ordered into a cruel task but refuses to kill Hase-Hime, builds
a hidden cottage, and cares for her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: No explicit comparative taxonomy reference is supplied for this exact
pattern.
- id: motif:3
label: lost child rediscovered during a hunt
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Prince Toyonari searches unsuccessfully, later hunts in the mountains, hears
a voice at a cottage, and finds his lost daughter, leading to her return home.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy term 'return' is broad; the passage’s literal event
is restoration after concealment, not a named return myth.
- id: motif:4
label: recognition reunion of parent and child
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Prince Toyonari calls Hase-Hime by name, she recognizes him as her father,
runs to him, and weeps.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: This is a narrative scene motif rather than a supplied taxonomy category.
- id: motif:5
label: wrongdoer exposed and faithful helper rewarded
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Katoda’s disclosure exposes the stepmother’s wrongdoing; she flees in disgrace,
and Katoda receives high promotion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents social discovery and consequence, not explicit divine
punishment.
- id: motif:6
label: devout heroine remembered for wisdom and sacred craft
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Hase-Hime is found reading Buddhist scriptures with devotion, is later remembered
as wise and devout, and is credited with a Buddha tapestry preserved in a temple.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference 'wisdom' is broad and is supported mainly by the
narrator’s later characterization.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage fits the narrative function of a persecuted innocent heroine
or child who is removed from home by a hostile stepmother and later restored after
recognition.
claim_level: same_function
target: persecuted heroine or persecuted child restoration pattern
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage itself does not name a comparative tale type or assert
historical contact; the claim is limited to narrative function.
- id: claim:2
claim: The faithful retainer’s refusal to carry out a killing order functions like
a helper-rescuer pattern in which an intended victim survives through the compassion
of the assigned executioner or agent.
claim_level: same_function
target: compassionate executioner or helper-rescuer pattern
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:9
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: No explicit taxonomy ID or external analogue is provided in the supplied
metadata; the comparison remains functional and cautious.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2154-2162
quote_or_summary: Katoda pretends obedience, places Hase-Hime in a palanquin, and
takes her to a solitary place in the wild district.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 2164-2176
quote_or_summary: Katoda knows Hase-Hime is innocent, refuses to kill her, stays
in the wilderness, builds a cottage with peasants’ help, calls his wife, and the
old couple care for the princess, who trusts her father will search for her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 2178-2186
quote_or_summary: Prince Toyonari returns, hears the stepmother’s claim that Hase-Hime
did wrong and ran away, becomes anxious, keeps the matter quiet, and searches
without success.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 2188-2195
quote_or_summary: Prince Toyonari orders a hunt in the mountains, rides to the Hibari
Mountains, gets far ahead, and finds himself in a narrow valley.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 2197-2208
quote_or_summary: He approaches a tiny house after hearing a clear voice and finds
a beautiful girl “reading the Buddhist scriptures with great devotion,” then sees
that she is Hase-Hime.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quote used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 2210-2222
quote_or_summary: Prince Toyonari calls Hase-Hime by name; she recognizes him as
her father, runs to him, clings to his sleeve, and bursts into tears.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 2224-2230
quote_or_summary: Katoda bows before his master and tells the full account of the
wrong, explaining how Hase-Hime came to be in the desolate place with two old
servants.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 2232-2239
quote_or_summary: Prince Toyonari is astonished and indignant, gives up the hunt,
hurries home with Hase-Hime, and the stepmother flees in disgrace when her wickedness
is discovered.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 2241-2246
quote_or_summary: Katoda is rewarded with the highest promotion and lives devoted
to Hase-Hime, who remembers that she owes him her life.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 2248-2256
quote_or_summary: Prince Toyonari adopts a noble’s younger son as heir and Hase-Hime’s
husband; Hase-Hime lives to old age, is praised as wise, devout, and beautiful,
and presents her son to her father.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 2258-2262
quote_or_summary: A Buddhist temple in Kioto preserves a Buddha tapestry embroidered
with threads from the lotus stem, said to be the work of Princess Hase’s hands.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the supplied passage. Motif and comparison
labels are functional and cautious because no formal tale-type identifiers are
provided.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
The supplied locator label appears to list other tale titles, while the passage text concerns Hase-Hime, Katoda, Prince Toyonari, and the stepmother. Evidence locators follow the provided line range context but include later line numbers when the supplied passage continues beyond the stated endpoint.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg__l2154-l2248
passage_sha256=be3d46b7ba26ab8742a0c62a2281584f749410cdc1c79306308a1b35b624349d