Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l63-l111

batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l63-l111

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record_id: batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l63-l111
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
passage_locator:
  label: Japanese Fairy Tales / COMPILED BY; lines 63-111
  start: '63'
  end: '111'
  translation: Japanese Fairy Tales
  notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
    human review required.
canonical_text:
  quote: ''
  summary: The passage presents the title and compiler of the book, notes illustrations
    by Japanese artists, lists the table of contents, and includes a dedication by
    Yei Theodora Ozaki to Eleanor Marion-Crawford recalling fairy stories from Japan
    told by the southern sea.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The passage identifies the work as Japanese Fairy Tales, compiled by Yei Theodora
    Ozaki.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The passage states that the book is profusely illustrated by Japanese artists.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: The passage lists the contents of the collection, including tales such as
    My Lord Bag of Rice, Urashima Taro, Kintaro, the Bamboo-Cutter and the Moon-Child,
    Momotaro, and others.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:4
  text: The dedication addresses Eleanor Marion-Crawford and connects the book to
    memories of listening to fairy stories from Japan by the southern sea.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:5
  text: The dedication is signed Y. T. O. and dated Tokio, 1908.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Yei Theodora Ozaki
  description: Named as compiler and represented by the initials Y. T. O. in the dedication.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:5
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Eleanor Marion-Crawford
  description: Named as the dedicatee of the book.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Japanese artists
  description: Collective group credited with illustrating the book.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: compiler
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The title page states that the fairy tales were compiled by Yei Theodora
    Ozaki.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:2
  label: dedicator
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The dedication is signed with Ozaki's initials and expresses love and remembrance.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: role:3
  label: dedicatee
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: The dedication is addressed to Eleanor Marion-Crawford.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:4
  label: illustrators
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: The passage says the book is illustrated by Japanese artists.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
symbols: []
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Title page and contents
  summary: The work is introduced with title, compiler, illustrator credit, and a
    list of included tales.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
- id: scene:2
  label: Dedication
  summary: Ozaki dedicates the book to Eleanor Marion-Crawford, recalling her pleasure
    in listening to fairy stories from Japan by the southern sea.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 63-71
  quote_or_summary: The passage gives the title Japanese Fairy Tales and states that
    it was compiled by Yei Theodora Ozaki.
  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: lines 73-73
  quote_or_summary: The passage states that the book was profusely illustrated by
    Japanese artists.
  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: lines 75-101
  quote_or_summary: The contents list the preface and multiple Japanese fairy tales,
    including My Lord Bag of Rice, Urashima Taro, Kintaro, the Bamboo-Cutter and the
    Moon-Child, Momotaro, and others.
  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: lines 103-108
  quote_or_summary: The dedication addresses Eleanor Marion-Crawford and recalls days
    by the southern sea when she listened with pleasure to fairy stories from Japan.
  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: lines 110-111
  quote_or_summary: The dedication is signed Y. T. O. and dated Tokio, 1908.
  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: high
  comparison_claims: high
  notes: This passage is front matter and a table of contents rather than a narrative
    episode; no passage-level mythic motifs or symbols are extracted beyond bibliographic
    and dedication content.
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: |-
  No candidate motifs were assigned because the passage does not narrate any tale episode; title names in the contents were not treated as evidence for motifs.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg__l63-l111
  passage_sha256=ebc87ae6305b53ec253328c66d1576d858da81c57f6077fbc6072c8343ab544d