batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l7122-l7243
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record_id: batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l7122-l7243
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 7122-7243
start: '7122'
end: '7243'
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 demon chief takes a good old man's facial wen as a pledge, and the old
man finds the removal painless and fortunate. A wicked neighbor with his own wen
tries to imitate the event by appearing before the demons, but dances badly; the
demons return the pledge by throwing the first man's wen onto the neighbor's right
cheek, leaving him with two wens. The passage then begins a separate old Chinese
story introducing Empress Jokwa, a giant ruler who mended the broken heavens and
a terrestrial pillar damaged during a rebellion.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The demon chief requires the first old man to leave a pledge of his promise.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A demon attendant identifies the wen on the old man's right cheek as an important
possession and says mortal men consider such a wen fortunate.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The demon chief removes the wen from the first old man's right cheek with
a touch, and the demons vanish.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The first old man later finds his right cheek smooth, without pain or scar,
and returns home happily.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The first old man's wife is happy when she sees that the lump has disappeared
from his face.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: A wicked and disagreeable old neighbor has a wen on his left cheek and hears
of the first old man's good luck.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The first old man tells the neighbor where to find the hollow tree and advises
him to be there near sunset.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The neighbor hides in the hollow tree until twilight, when the demons arrive
for a feast with dance and song.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The neighbor kneels before the Oni and presents himself when the demon chief
asks why the old man has not come.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The neighbor opens his fan and dances, but the narration says he has never
learned to dance and only hops, waves his arms, and stamps his feet.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: The demons are dissatisfied with the neighbor's dance, and the chief says
they will give back the pledge and send him away.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: The demon chief throws the first old man's lump at the neighbor's right cheek,
where it attaches firmly.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: The neighbor ends with a wen on each side of his face, and the demons disappear.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: A new story begins with the title naming stones of five colors and Empress
Jokwa, described as an old Chinese story.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:15
text: Empress Jokwa succeeds her brother Fuki, is described as twenty-five feet
high in an age of giants, and is called a wonderful woman and able ruler.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:16
text: The passage states that Jokwa mended part of the broken heavens and one terrestrial
pillar supporting the sky after damage during a rebellion.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: first old man
description: An old man with a wen on his right cheek who promises to return to
the demons and later finds the wen removed without pain.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: demon chief
description: Chief of the demons, with horns and a hairy arm with a claw-like hand,
who removes and later returns the wen.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: demon attendant
description: An attendant kneeling behind the chief who advises taking the old man's
wen as the pledge.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: first old man's wife
description: The wife who anxiously waits and rejoices when the old man's facial
lump is gone.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: wicked old neighbor
description: A disagreeable neighbor with a wen on his left cheek who tries to obtain
the same result and ends with an additional wen on his right cheek.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: band of demons or Oni
description: A group of demons who hold a feast with dance and song and judge the
neighbor's performance unsatisfactory.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Empress Jokwa
description: A great Chinese Empress, twenty-five feet high, successor to Fuki,
who mended broken heavens and a terrestrial pillar.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Emperor or King Fuki
description: Jokwa's brother and predecessor, described as nearly as tall as her.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: one of King Fuki's subjects
description: A subject who raised a rebellion during which the heavens and terrestrial
pillar were damaged.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: pledge giver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The first old man agrees to leave a pledge of his word with the demons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: supernatural host and judge
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:6
basis: The demon chief and the demons host the feast, require performance, and decide
whether the dancer is acceptable.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: advisor
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The attendant advises the chief to take the old man's wen as the pledge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: fortunate recipient of supernatural removal
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The first old man's wen is removed painlessly, leaving a smooth cheek.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: spouse witness
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The wife sees that the lump has disappeared and shares the old man's happiness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: failed imitator
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The neighbor follows the first old man's directions but dances badly and
receives an additional wen.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: collective supernatural audience
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The Oni watch the dancing and express dissatisfaction with the second old
man's performance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: cosmic repairer and ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Jokwa is an able ruler who mended part of the broken heavens and a terrestrial
pillar.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: predecessor brother
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Fuki is named as Jokwa's brother and the ruler she succeeded.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: rebellious subject
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: A subject of King Fuki is said to have raised the rebellion during which
cosmic structures were damaged.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: wen as pledge
literal_form: facial lump or wen taken from the right cheek
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: hollow tree hiding place
literal_form: hollow tree
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: fan used in dance
literal_form: opened fan
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: demon bodily features
literal_form: horns, hairy arm, claw-like hand
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:5
label: two wens
literal_form: one large lump on each side of the neighbor's face
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: stones of five colors
literal_form: title phrase naming stones of five colors
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: broken heavens and sky-supporting pillar
literal_form: broken heavens and one terrestrial pillar upholding the sky
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Demon pledge and removal of the wen
summary: The demons ask for a pledge; an attendant proposes the first old man's
wen, and the demon chief removes it from his right cheek before the demons vanish.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Return home after painless removal
summary: The first old man realizes the wen is gone without pain or scar, returns
home joyfully, and tells his wife, who is also happy.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Neighbor seeks the same result
summary: The wicked neighbor with a left-cheek wen hears the story, receives directions
to the hollow tree, hides there near sunset, and comes before the Oni during their
feast.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Bad dance and added wen
summary: The neighbor dances poorly with a fan; the demons reject the performance
and the chief throws the retained wen onto the neighbor's right cheek, leaving
him with two wens.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Opening of the Empress Jokwa story
summary: A new old Chinese story introduces Empress Jokwa, a giant ruler who succeeded
Fuki and repaired broken heavenly and terrestrial supports after rebellion damage.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Supernatural pledge taken from the body
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: A body mark is selected as the most important pledge, removed by the demon
chief, retained, and later returned to another person.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames the exchange as a demon pledge rather than explicitly
as sacred ritual exchange; taxonomy mapping is approximate.
- id: motif:2
label: Fortunate removal contrasted with failed imitation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The first old man loses his wen painlessly and happily, while the neighbor
imitates the encounter and ends with an added wen.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No external tale-type or motif index number is supplied in the provided
metadata.
- id: motif:3
label: Human encounter with demons at twilight by a hollow tree
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: The neighbor hides in a hollow tree near sunset and emerges among demons
holding a feast with dance and song.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: low
cautions: The passage has a boundary-like setting and supernatural encounter, but
no explicit trickster role is named.
- id: motif:4
label: Repair of broken heavens and sky-supporting pillar
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
basis: The new story states that Jokwa mended broken heavens and a terrestrial pillar
supporting the sky after damage during a rebellion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: Only the introductory summary of the Jokwa story is present in this passage;
details of the repair are not included.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 7122-7138
quote_or_summary: The demons ask the first old man for a pledge; an attendant proposes
the wen on his right cheek, and the demon chief removes it with a claw-like hand
before the demons vanish.
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 7139-7150
quote_or_summary: The old man realizes the wen has been removed without pain or
scar and returns home joyfully under the young moon.
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 7151-7162
quote_or_summary: The wife rejoices at the removal; a wicked neighbor with a left-cheek
wen hears the story, asks for details, and is told to hide near the hollow tree
around sunset.
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 7163-7173
quote_or_summary: The neighbor hides in the hollow tree; the demons arrive at twilight
for a feast, and he comes before the Oni when the chief asks why the old man has
not appeared.
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 7174-7190
quote_or_summary: The neighbor opens a fan and dances poorly; the demons complain,
and the chief says they will return the pledge and send him away.
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: lines 7191-7201
quote_or_summary: The demon chief throws the retained lump at the neighbor's right
cheek; it attaches firmly, leaving him with wens on both cheeks after the demons
disappear.
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: lines 7202-7243
quote_or_summary: A new section begins, 'The Stones of Five Colors and the Empress
Jokwa. An Old Chinese Story'; it introduces Jokwa as a giant empress who succeeded
Fuki and mended broken heavens and a terrestrial pillar damaged during a rebellion.
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: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif taxonomy assignments are cautious
because the supplied taxonomy is broad and the passage itself gives no formal
motif index or cross-cultural comparison. No comparison claims are made.
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 line range spans the end of one tale and the beginning of a separate old Chinese story; scenes and motifs are kept separate where the passage changes stories.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg__l7122-l7243
passage_sha256=3e4d4ef7309e424b282bad6b00adaa97a7a82963f5ebe81ee72f599e0c7fbab9