batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l2742-l2841
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record_id: batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l2742-l2841
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
passage_locator:
label: THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE
STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD;
lines 2742-2841
start: '2742'
end: '2841'
translation: Japanese Fairy Tales
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Two suitors of Princess Moonlight attempt to fulfill impossible requests
by deception. The first substitutes a temple stone bowl for Buddha’s bowl, but
the Princess rejects it when it does not shine. The second has jewelers manufacture
a gold and silver branch resembling one from the fabled tree on Mount Horai, then
invents a long tale of sea travel, demons, a shining being, and the mountain’s
golden tree. The unpaid jewelers expose the fraud, the Princess pays them and
returns the branch, and the disgraced suitor withdraws to the mountains.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The First Knight announces a quest for Buddha’s bowl but does not travel to
India; instead he obtains a stone bowl from a temple in Kyoto and presents it
after waiting three years.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Princess Moonlight expects the bowl to fill the room with light; because it
does not shine, she identifies it as false and refuses to see the First Knight.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The Second Knight says he is going to Mount Horai to obtain a branch from
a gold and silver tree for Princess Moonlight.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The Second Knight hides in an inaccessible house with six jewelers and has
them make an artificial gold and silver branch.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The text states that people consulted by the Second Knight described Mount
Horai as belonging to fable rather than fact.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Princess Moonlight examines the branch and says she believes it is artificial
because it could not have been obtained from Mount Horai so quickly or easily.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The Second Knight tells a fabricated account of a sea voyage, storm, demons,
an unknown island, a shining being with a golden bowl, and climbing Mount Horai
to take a branch from a golden tree with silver roots.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The unpaid jewelers arrive and reveal that they made the presented branch;
the Princess pays them and returns the branch to the Knight.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: After the deception is revealed, the Second Knight attacks the jewelers and
later retires to solitary life among the mountains.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Princess Moonlight
description: The Princess who receives and evaluates the suitors’ quest objects,
rejects the false bowl and the artificial branch, and pays the jewelers.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: First Knight
description: A suitor who claims to seek Buddha’s bowl but substitutes a stone bowl
from a Kyoto temple.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Second Knight
description: A suitor who claims to seek a branch from Mount Horai but secretly
has jewelers make one and later invents a travel tale.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: old man / bamboo-cutter / foster-parent
description: Princess Moonlight’s foster-parent, who receives the objects from the
suitors and is initially deceived by the Second Knight’s appearance.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: temple priest in Kyoto
description: A priest from whom the First Knight obtains a stone bowl for a large
payment.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: six jewelers
description: Skilled jewelers employed by the Second Knight to make the gold and
silver branch; they later expose the fraud by petitioning for payment.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: demons in the Second Knight’s story
description: Figures in the Second Knight’s fabricated tale who inhabit an unknown
island, threaten to kill and eat him, and later help repair his boat.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: shining being in the Second Knight’s story
description: A figure in the fabricated tale who appears on the beach holding a
golden bowl and identifies the island as Mount Horai.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: tester and rejecter of false quest gifts
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Princess Moonlight examines the objects and rejects them when they fail her
expectations or appear artificial.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: deceptive suitor
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: Both knights claim to undertake difficult quests but use substitute or manufactured
objects.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: fabricator of a false travel narrative
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The Second Knight tells a detailed invented account of reaching Mount Horai
and taking the branch.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: intermediary foster-parent
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The old man receives the quest objects and tries to persuade the Princess
to see the Second Knight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: supplier of substitute sacred object
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The priest accepts payment for the stone bowl taken from the temple altar.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: makers of counterfeit treasure
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The jewelers work for over a thousand days making the gold branch, silver
twigs, and jeweled fruit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: witnesses exposing deception
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Their petition for unpaid labor reveals that the branch was manufactured.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: figures inside fabricated quest tale
assigned_to:
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: The demons and shining being occur only within the Second Knight’s narrated
story.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Buddha’s bowl
literal_form: Quest object expected to shine and fill the room with light.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: stone bowl substitute
literal_form: A stone bowl taken from a Kyoto temple altar and wrapped in gold cloth.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Mount Horai
literal_form: A fabled remote mountain or island destination named as the source
of the gold and silver tree.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: gold and silver tree
literal_form: A wonderful tree on Mount Horai described as golden with silver roots.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: artificial jeweled branch
literal_form: A manufactured branch of gold with silver twigs and jeweled fruit.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: golden bowl in fabricated tale
literal_form: A golden bowl held by the shining being on the beach in the Second
Knight’s story.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: First Knight’s false bowl
summary: The First Knight avoids the dangerous journey to India, obtains a stone
bowl from a Kyoto temple, wraps it in gold cloth, and presents it as Buddha’s
bowl.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Princess rejects the bowl
summary: Princess Moonlight examines the bowl, expects it to shine, identifies it
as false when it does not, and refuses the First Knight.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Second Knight manufactures a branch
summary: The Second Knight pretends to set out for Mount Horai, hides with jewelers,
and has them make an artificial gold and silver branch.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Presentation and suspicion
summary: The Second Knight returns looking travel-worn, the old man is deceived,
but Princess Moonlight examines the branch and judges it likely artificial.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Invented Mount Horai adventure
summary: The Second Knight tells a false story of sailing through storms, encountering
demons, meeting a shining being with a golden bowl, climbing Mount Horai, and
taking a branch from the golden tree.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Exposure and aftermath
summary: The unpaid jewelers reveal that they made the branch, Princess Moonlight
pays them and returns the branch, and the Second Knight later attacks them and
withdraws to the mountains.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: impossible suitor tasks answered by counterfeit gifts
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The suitors attempt to satisfy Princess Moonlight’s demands for rare sacred
or fabled objects by substituting a temple bowl and a manufactured branch.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The wider set of tasks is not fully included in this passage; the motif
is inferred only from the two examples present here.
- id: motif:2
label: mystical quest for a remote wondrous object
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: 'Both requested objects are framed as requiring difficult travel to distant
sacred or fabled places: India for Buddha’s bowl and Mount Horai for the branch
of the gold and silver tree.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: In this passage the actual quests are not completed; one is avoided and
the other is fabricated.
- id: motif:3
label: fabled mountain island with wondrous tree
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_tree_axis
- mystical_quest
basis: The Second Knight’s tale describes Mount Horai as an island with a high mountain,
a summit, and a golden tree with silver roots, while the narrator notes that Mount
Horai is regarded as fable rather than fact.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The Mount Horai details occur inside a deceptive speech, not as verified
events in the story-world.
- id: motif:4
label: fraud exposed by makers of the false treasure
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The jewelers who made the artificial branch arrive seeking payment and thereby
reveal the Second Knight’s deception.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No broader taxonomy reference is assigned from the provided list.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 2742-2750
quote_or_summary: The First Knight announces a quest for Buddha’s bowl, avoids traveling
to India, takes a stone bowl from a Kyoto temple altar after paying a priest,
wraps it in gold cloth, waits three years, and carries it to the old man.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 2751-2758
quote_or_summary: Princess Moonlight unwraps the bowl, expects it to shine, sees
that it does not, identifies it as a sham, returns it, and refuses to see the
First Knight.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 2760-2777
quote_or_summary: The Second Knight claims to be setting out for Mount Horai to
get a branch of the gold and silver tree, sends his servants back, hides in a
specially built inaccessible house with six jewelers, and has them make such a
branch; people say Mount Horai belongs to fable, not fact.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 2779-2794
quote_or_summary: The Second Knight returns looking travel-worn with the branch
in a lacquer box; the old man is deceived and praises the treasure, but Princess
Moonlight examines it and says she believes it is artificial.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 2796-2825
quote_or_summary: The Second Knight invents a story of sailing toward the far Eastern
Sea, being storm-tossed, encountering demons on an unknown island, meeting a shining
being with a golden bowl, learning the place is Mount Horai, climbing to the summit,
and breaking a branch from a golden tree with silver roots.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 2827-2837
quote_or_summary: The six unpaid jewelers petition Princess Moonlight, saying they
made the gold branch with silver twigs and jeweled fruit; the deception is exposed,
the Princess sends back the branch, pays the workmen, and they leave happy.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 2837-2841
quote_or_summary: On their way home, the jewelers are overtaken and beaten by the
disappointed Knight, who then returns home enraged and retires to solitary life
among the mountains.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif labels are conservative;
Mount Horai and its wonders are reported within a fraudulent speech, which limits
confidence for some motif assignments. No comparison claims were added because
the passage itself does not support a specific cross-text comparison.
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: |-
All observations and motif candidates are derived from the provided line range and public-domain passage metadata.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg__l2742-l2841
passage_sha256=aefef6e51c0590d980e572cc2db428cfc058e4cbf4d36b4e9e7a69bd83ef89d7