batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l7000-l7120
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record_id: batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l7000-l7120
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
passage_locator:
label: THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A
PEACH / THE OGRE OF RASHOMON / HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN; lines 7000-7120
start: '7000'
end: '7120'
translation: Japanese Fairy Tales
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: An old man with a large wen on his cheek goes into the hills to cut firewood.
A storm forces him to shelter inside a hollow tree on a mountain pass. After the
storm, he sees a large company of horned demons holding a feast with music, drinking,
and dancing. Drawn by his love of dancing, he comes out and dances before them.
The demon chief praises his skill, gives him wine, and asks him to return the
next day.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The old man has a large wen growing from his right cheek and has unsuccessfully
tried medicines and doctors to remove it.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The old man goes into the wooded hills with an ax to cut firewood for his
household.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Rain and a thunderstorm overtake the old man on a mountain pass, and he shelters
in a large hole in the hollow trunk of a tree.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: After the storm clears, the old man sees hundreds of demons approaching; they
vary in size and features, and all have horns on their foreheads.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The demons gather around food and wine, with music, singing, drinking, and
dancing.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The demon chief sits near the tree, watches a dance, and complains that the
dance is monotonous.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The old man decides to dance before the demons despite fearing that failure
might cost him his life.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The demon chief praises the old man's dancing, offers him wine, and asks him
to come again to dance.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: old man with a wen
description: A good old man with a large wen on his right cheek; he is fond of dancing
and is skilled at it.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: old man's wife
description: The old man's wife wants firewood at once, prompting his trip to the
hills.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: demon chief
description: A horned chief among the demons; he sits by the tree, watches the dancing,
praises the old man, offers wine, and asks him to return.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: demons
description: Hundreds of horned demons with varied grotesque features; they feast,
drink, sing, and dance.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: afflicted protagonist
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage introduces him as having a disfiguring wen that he has long tried
to remove.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: accidental witness
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He shelters in a hollow tree and observes the demons after the storm.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: human performer before supernatural beings
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He comes out before the demon gathering and dances, relying on his skill
to please them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: domestic requester
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Her need for firewood motivates the old man's journey.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: supernatural judge and host
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The chief evaluates the dancers, praises the old man, and offers him wine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:6
label: supernatural reveler
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: The demons are gathered for food, wine, music, singing, and dancing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: supernatural audience
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The demons watch the old man's dance and move from surprise to admiration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: wen
literal_form: large lump on the old man's right cheek
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: hollow tree refuge
literal_form: large hole in the hollow trunk of a tree
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: mountain pass during storm
literal_form: mountain pass, heavy rain, thunder, and lightning
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: horned demons
literal_form: demons with horns growing on their foreheads
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: wine-cup
literal_form: large wine-cup of sake offered by the demon chief
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: dance before demons
literal_form: human dance performed before the demon gathering
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Affliction and failed remedies
summary: The old man lives with a large wen on his cheek and fails to remove it
despite seeking doctors and medicines.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Firewood journey into the hills
summary: At his wife's request, the old man takes an ax and goes into the wooded
hills to cut firewood.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Storm shelter in the hollow tree
summary: A heavy mountain storm forces the old man to hide inside a hollow tree
on the mountain pass.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Demon revel revealed
summary: After the storm, the old man sees hundreds of horned demons gathering with
food, wine, music, singing, and dancing.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Old man's risky dance
summary: The old man comes out before the demons and dances skillfully, hoping to
please them and avoid danger.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Praise and invitation
summary: The demon chief praises the dance, gives the old man wine, and asks him
to return the next day.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Afflicted person seeks removal of bodily growth
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage centers the old man's large wen and his unsuccessful attempts
to be rid of it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: Within this passage range, the wen has not yet been removed despite the
story title.
- id: motif:2
label: Accidental encounter with supernatural beings in a wild place
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The old man is stranded by a storm in a hollow tree on a mountain pass and
unexpectedly sees a company of demons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not state why the demons gather there or whether the
place is normally supernatural.
- id: motif:3
label: Human wins favor of demons through performance
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The old man risks dancing before the demons; the demon chief praises him
and invites him back.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The consequences of the invitation are outside the provided passage.
- id: motif:4
label: Hospitality or reward from supernatural host
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The demon chief offers the old man wine after his successful dance and requests
a future return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange is with supernatural beings, but the passage does not frame
it explicitly as sacred or ritualized.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 7000-7010
quote_or_summary: A good old man has a tennis-ball-sized wen on his right cheek;
doctors and medicines fail, and the lump grows larger.
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 7011-7020
quote_or_summary: Because his wife wants firewood, the old man takes his ax to the
woods among the hills and spends the afternoon chopping wood.
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 7021-7038
quote_or_summary: On a mountain pass, rain and thunder overtake the old man; he
finds shelter in a large hole in a hollow tree trunk.
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 7039-7055
quote_or_summary: After the storm clears, the old man sees hundreds of demons with
varied strange bodies and horns on their foreheads approaching the spot.
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 7056-7071
quote_or_summary: Music, singing, food, wine, drinking, and dancing reveal that
the demons are holding a lively entertainment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 7072-7081
quote_or_summary: The demon chief says the current dance is monotonous and asks
whether anyone can dance better.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 7082-7094
quote_or_summary: The old man, skilled and fond of dancing, debates the danger,
then comes before the demons and dances with great effort.
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: lines 7095-7120
quote_or_summary: The demons admire the old man's skill; the chief praises him,
offers him a large cup of sake, and asks him to come again the next day.
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: high
notes: The literal sequence is clear in the supplied passage. Motif labels are descriptive
and conservative; one taxonomy mapping to sacred_exchange is tentative because
the passage depicts an exchange with demons but does not name it sacred.
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 comparison claims were added because the supplied passage itself does not explicitly support comparison to another text, motif family beyond cautious taxonomy mapping, or nearby corpus tradition.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg__l7000-l7120
passage_sha256=46aa703e57a0f7b7c8484f6d7150d35a3360f44cb855d00c13a9cd67114fac3b