batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l3502-l3611
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record_id: batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l3502-l3611
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 3502-3611
start: '3502'
end: '3611'
translation: Japanese Fairy Tales
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A daughter accused of hostile magic denies wrongdoing and reveals that
she has been secretly looking into a mirror to remember her dead mother. Her father
realizes she has mistaken her own reflection, which resembles her mother, for
an encounter with her mother, praises her filial piety, and apologizes. The stepmother,
who had suspected revenge magic out of jealousy, confesses, repents, and asks
forgiveness. The daughter forgives her, and the household becomes harmonious.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The daughter denies that she cursed or prayed for the death of anyone loved
by her father and suggests that lies or an evil spirit may have caused the accusation.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The father asks why the daughter has been alone in her room and demands to
see what she has hidden in her sleeve.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The daughter produces a mirror from her sleeve and says it is what she was
looking at.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The father identifies the mirror as a gift he once brought to the daughter’s
mother from the capital.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The daughter explains that her mother’s last words promised a meeting whenever
the daughter looked into the glass.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The father concludes that the daughter has mistaken her own reflected face
for her dead mother’s face because of their resemblance.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The father praises the daughter as faithful, filial, innocent, and good, and
asks her forgiveness for suspecting her.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The father compares the daughter to a lotus blossom rising clean from muddy
water.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The stepmother watches from outside the room, enters, bows on the mats, and
confesses shame.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The stepmother says her jealousy led her to believe the daughter was using
magic art to take her life, and she asks forgiveness.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The daughter forgives the stepmother and does not keep resentment or malice
toward her afterwards.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: The father, daughter, and stepmother live happily together after the misunderstanding
is resolved.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: daughter
description: A young girl who keeps a mirror to remember her lost mother and is
accused of hostile magic before being vindicated.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: father
description: The daughter’s father, who questions her, recognizes the mirror and
the misunderstanding, praises her, and asks forgiveness.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: stepmother
description: The father’s wife, who had suspected the daughter out of jealousy,
then confesses, repents, and asks forgiveness.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: lost mother
description: The deceased mother whose last words directed the daughter to look
into the mirror to meet her.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: accused child
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The daughter is accused of wishing harm by curse or magic and denies it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: filial child
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The father praises her conduct as filial piety rooted in remembrance of her
mother.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: forgiver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: She willingly forgives the stepmother and bears no later malice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: suspicious parent
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He questions the daughter about her solitude and hidden object after believing
the stepmother’s story.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: penitent parent
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: After understanding the mirror episode, he says he is ashamed and asks the
daughter to forgive him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: jealous accuser
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: She says her jealous heart led her to suspect the daughter of revenge magic
and cause the father’s suspicion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: repentant wrongdoer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: She humbles herself, asks forgiveness, and promises to love and cherish the
daughter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: remembered dead parent
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Her last words are recalled as instructing the child to look into the mirror
to meet her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: mirror of maternal remembrance
literal_form: mirror / smooth metal disk
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: reflected face
literal_form: the daughter’s face reflected in the mirror
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: lotus in mud and water
literal_form: lotus blossom rising from slime and mud of moats and ponds
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: water in reconciliation language
literal_form: water in the stepmother’s request to discard the past, and fish in
water as a happiness simile
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Accusation and mirror revealed
summary: The daughter denies the accusation of harmful intent, and the father demands
to see what she has hidden; she reveals the mirror.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Recognition of the mirror’s meaning
summary: The father recognizes the mirror as the gift once given to the mother and
learns that the daughter has been looking into it because of her mother’s last
words.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Father’s apology and lotus comparison
summary: The father realizes the daughter mistook her own reflected face for her
mother’s, praises her filial piety, apologizes, and compares her purity to a lotus.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Stepmother’s confession and repentance
summary: The stepmother enters, bows, admits jealousy and false suspicion, asks
forgiveness, and promises a changed heart.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Forgiveness and restored household
summary: The daughter forgives the stepmother, the father sees that repentance is
genuine, and the three live happily afterward.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: mirror used to maintain bond with dead parent
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The daughter keeps and looks into her dead mother’s mirror because she believes
her mother’s last words promised a meeting through it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage explains the encounter as the daughter’s own reflection, not
as a literal supernatural appearance.
- id: motif:2
label: innocent child falsely suspected of harmful magic
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The stepmother’s jealousy leads her to think the daughter is using magic
art for revenge, and the father comes to suspect the daughter before learning
the truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage contains suspicion of magic, but no actual magical act by
the daughter.
- id: motif:3
label: filial piety revealed through misunderstanding
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The mirror misunderstanding causes the father to recognize the daughter’s
devotion to her dead mother and praise her filial piety.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: This is a moral and familial motif rather than a supernatural one in this
passage.
- id: motif:4
label: repentance of the jealous stepmother
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The stepmother confesses that jealousy caused her wrong actions, asks forgiveness,
promises to change, and is forgiven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The resolution is reconciliatory; the passage does not describe punishment
or expulsion of the stepmother.
- id: motif:5
label: restored household harmony after confession and forgiveness
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After the daughter forgives the stepmother and the misunderstanding is removed,
the three live happily together.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is limited to this household episode and does not establish
a broader comparative lineage by itself.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 3502-3510
quote_or_summary: The daughter addresses her father, denies cursing or wishing death
on anyone he loves, and says lies or an evil spirit may have caused the accusation.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 3511-3524
quote_or_summary: The father remains suspicious, asks why she is alone and what
she hides in her sleeve; she takes out the mirror and lays it before him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 3525-3538
quote_or_summary: The father recognizes the mirror as the gift he brought her mother
from the capital; the daughter explains her mother’s last words and promise to
meet her when she looked into the glass.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 3539-3560
quote_or_summary: The daughter points to her reflected face; the father understands
that her face resembles her mother’s, says she has been looking at her own reflection
as if meeting her mother, praises her filial piety, and asks forgiveness.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 3561-3571
quote_or_summary: The father weeps over the daughter’s loneliness and compares her
patience and goodness to a lotus blossom rising unsullied from mud and pond water.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 3572-3601
quote_or_summary: The stepmother, who has been watching, enters and bows; she admits
jealousy, says she wrongly suspected the daughter of revenge by magic art, asks
forgiveness, and promises a new repentant heart.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 3602-3607
quote_or_summary: The daughter willingly forgives the stepmother and bears no resentment;
the father sees the stepmother is truly sorry and that the misunderstanding is
wiped away.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 3608-3611
quote_or_summary: From that time the three live happily together, and the daughter’s
patience and goodness are rewarded.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif labels are descriptive
and not tied to external taxonomy IDs except for the literal water symbol where
present.
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 spans multiple tale titles, but the passage itself concerns the mirror, filial daughter, father, and repentant stepmother episode. No external comparisons were asserted.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg__l3502-l3611
passage_sha256=7160fbf8248d69cefc1e35d1d7aafc22b8496967e70243d4b359a25c4004bb7a