batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l7364-l7483
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record_id: batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l7364-l7483
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 7364-7483
start: '7364'
end: '7483'
translation: Japanese Fairy Tales
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Hako and Eiko recognize that their rescuer may be supernatural. Empress
Jokwa asks Shikuyu, the Fire King, to lead her forces against the rebel wizard
Kokai, who commands water. Shikuyu uses ashes from a special burned shrub to neutralize
Kokai's flood, sees through Kokai's trickery, and helps rout the enemy. Kokai
calls unsuccessfully on the Water Devil, then kills himself against Mount Shu.
His impact breaks the mountain, releases fire and lava, damages a pillar of Heaven,
and causes one corner of the sky to drop toward the earth. Empress Jokwa rewards
Shikuyu and then travels to inspect the disaster.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Hako and Eiko infer that their rescuer is not merely human and may be a god
in disguise.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Empress Jokwa decides to ask Shikuyu, the Fire King, to lead her army against
Kokai.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Shikuyu lives at the South Pole because his fire burns everything around him
except ice and snow.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Shikuyu is described as a thirty-foot giant, with a marble-like face, white
hair and beard, great strength, and mastery over fire.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Kokai is described as a wizard who has supernatural powers and mastery over
water.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Shikuyu instructs the soldiers to burn a certain shrub and fill bags with
the ashes.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: When Kokai raises mountain-high floods by incantation, Shikuyu has the soldiers
scatter the ashes, which turn the water into stiff mud.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Kokai pretends to retreat in order to take Hako by surprise, but Shikuyu recognizes
the deception.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Kokai calls on the Water Devil, but Shikuyu knows a counter-charm.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Kokai dies by dashing his head against the rocks of Mount Shu.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Kokai's impact bursts the mountain, releases fire from the earth, and breaks
a pillar upholding the Heavens.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: Fire and lava destroy villages, burn rice-fields, fill riverbeds, and leave
people homeless.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Hako
description: A young warrior companion of Eiko; he is rescued from Kokai's flood,
later fights Kokai in Eiko's place, and is almost deceived by Kokai's feigned
retreat.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Eiko
description: A young warrior who is sent by Empress Jokwa to the South Pole to request
Shikuyu's help; he fights Kokai before tiring.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Empress Jokwa
description: The ruler who consults with Hako and Eiko, sends for Shikuyu, rewards
him after Kokai's defeat, and travels to inspect the disaster.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Shikuyu, the Fire King
description: A supernatural fire-master and giant from the South Pole who rescues
Hako and Eiko, becomes Generalissimo of Jokwa's army, defeats Kokai's flood with
ashes, sees through Kokai's trickery, and knows the counter-charm to the Water
Devil.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Kokai
description: A rebel wizard with supernatural powers over water who raises floods,
uses deception in combat, calls on the Water Devil, and dies at Mount Shu.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Water Devil
description: A supernatural power invoked by Kokai during his defeat; Shikuyu has
a counter-charm against it.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Jokwa's soldiers
description: Thirty thousand soldiers led by Shikuyu; they gather and scatter the
ashes and later charge Kokai's forces.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: rescued human warriors
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: Hako and Eiko had been rescued from drowning in the flood raised by Kokai.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: ruling petitioner and restorer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Empress Jokwa asks Shikuyu for military aid, rewards him after victory, and
goes to inspect the damage to Heaven and earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: supernatural fire champion
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Shikuyu is the Fire King, master of fire, and accepts command of Jokwa's
army against Kokai.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: rebel water wizard antagonist
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Kokai is the rebel wizard opposed to Jokwa, able to raise floods and associated
with mastery of water.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: wise counter-magician
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Shikuyu knows the secret of Kokai's power, uses ashes to counter the flood,
detects Kokai's trick, and knows the counter-charm to the Water Devil.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: combatants in Jokwa's army
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
basis: Hako, Eiko, and the soldiers fight or march under Shikuyu against Kokai's
forces.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: invoked water power
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Kokai calls on the Water Devil for help, but Shikuyu's counter-charm prevents
aid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fire
literal_form: Shikuyu's fire mastery; fire bursting from the broken mountain; burning
lava
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:2
label: water
literal_form: Kokai's water-floods raised by incantation
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: ashes from burned shrub
literal_form: Bags of ashes made from a certain burned shrub, scattered into floodwater
to form stiff mud
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: Mount Shu
literal_form: The rocks and mountain against which Kokai dashes his head; the mountain
bursts after his impact
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: pillar upholding the Heavens
literal_form: One of the pillars upholding the Heavens is broken, making one corner
of the sky drop until it touches the earth
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: South Pole ice and snow
literal_form: The icy and snowy South Pole where Shikuyu can live safely because
he cannot burn ice and snow
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: lamp in darkness
literal_form: Empress Jokwa lights her lamp to see the extent of the disaster in
the darkened place
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Appeal to the Fire King
summary: After recognizing that ordinary human strength cannot defeat Kokai, Hako,
Eiko, and Empress Jokwa decide to summon Shikuyu from the South Pole to lead the
army.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Ashes counter the flood
summary: Shikuyu commands soldiers to prepare ashes from a burned shrub. When Kokai
raises floods by incantation, the ashes transform the water into mud and prevent
drowning.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Combat, deception, and rout
summary: Eiko and Hako fight Kokai. Kokai attempts a deceptive retreat, but Shikuyu
detects it. Shikuyu's side charges and routs Kokai's forces.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Kokai's death at Mount Shu
summary: Kokai's appeal to the Water Devil fails because Shikuyu knows a counter-charm.
Kokai then kills himself against Mount Shu.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Cosmic and earthly disaster
summary: Kokai's impact bursts Mount Shu, releases fire from the earth, breaks a
heavenly pillar, lowers a corner of the sky, and causes destruction by fire and
lava. Jokwa travels to inspect the damage.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Victory honors before renewed crisis
summary: Shikuyu brings Kokai's body to Empress Jokwa, who rejoices and rewards
Shikuyu before confronting the larger disaster caused by Kokai's death.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Elemental opposition of fire and water
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: The passage contrasts Shikuyu as master of fire with Kokai as master of water,
and the conflict turns on fire-associated countermeasures against magically raised
floods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the opposition explicitly, but the broader cosmological
meaning is not developed in this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: Wisdom defeats destructive magic
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Shikuyu knows Kokai's secret, uses ashes to neutralize the flood, detects
Kokai's deceptive retreat, and knows the counter-charm to the Water Devil.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is inferred from repeated successful counter-knowledge rather
than from an explicit statement that wisdom is the theme.
- id: motif:3
label: Supernatural helper summoned by a ruler
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Empress Jokwa sends Eiko to ask Shikuyu, a supernatural Fire King, to lead
her army against Kokai.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference precisely matches this pattern.
- id: motif:4
label: Mountain rupture releases world-damaging fire
taxonomy_refs:
- world_destroying_fire
basis: After Kokai dies against Mount Shu, the mountain bursts, fire comes from
the earth, and lava and fire destroy villages, fields, and riverbeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The damage is regional in the passage, though it is tied to damage to
Heaven and earth.
- id: motif:5
label: Cosmic order damaged by broken sky support
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
basis: Kokai's impact breaks a pillar upholding the Heavens and causes one corner
of the sky to drop until it touches the earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The excerpt stops at the inspection of the damage and does not include
any repair or restoration episode.
- id: motif:6
label: Victory followed by unresolved disaster
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Kokai is defeated and Jokwa rewards Shikuyu, but the passage immediately
states that trouble remains because Kokai's death has caused fire, lava, and damage
to Heaven and earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a narrative sequence pattern rather than a named taxonomy motif
in the supplied list.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 7364-7366; 7392-7394
quote_or_summary: Hako and Eiko think their deliverer may be a god in disguise;
Shikuyu later says he rescued them when they were drowning in Kokai's flood.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 7372-7376
quote_or_summary: Hako and Eiko tell Empress Jokwa that Kokai has supernatural powers;
Jokwa decides to ask Shikuyu, the Fire King, to help and lead her army against
Kokai.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 7378-7384
quote_or_summary: Shikuyu lives at the South Pole because he burns everything except
ice and snow; he is a thirty-foot giant and master of all fire, just as Kokai
is master of water.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 7400-7412
quote_or_summary: Shikuyu returns with Eiko, is asked to become Generalissimo, assures
Jokwa he will kill Kokai, leads thirty thousand soldiers, and orders them to burn
a certain shrub and bag the ashes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 7414-7424
quote_or_summary: Kokai boasts that he can extinguish the Fire King, raises floods
as high as mountains by incantation, and Shikuyu has the soldiers scatter ashes
that turn the water into stiff mud.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 7430-7452
quote_or_summary: Eiko fights Kokai, Hako replaces him, Kokai pretends to retreat
in order to surprise Hako, and Shikuyu identifies the deception and urges Hako
to attack.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 7454-7463
quote_or_summary: Shikuyu orders Jokwa's soldiers to charge and rout Kokai's forces;
Kokai calls on the Water Devil, but Shikuyu knows the counter-charm; Kokai dashes
his head against Mount Shu and dies.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 7465-7470
quote_or_summary: Kokai's fall against the rocks bursts the mountain, releases fire
from the earth, and breaks a pillar upholding the Heavens so that one corner of
the sky drops to the earth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 7476-7483
quote_or_summary: Fire continues bursting from the mountain; villages are destroyed,
rice-fields burned, riverbeds filled with lava, people made homeless, and Jokwa
travels to inspect the damage to Heaven and earth in darkness.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 7471-7474
quote_or_summary: Shikuyu carries Kokai's body to Empress Jokwa, who rejoices that
her enemy is defeated and gives Shikuyu gifts and honors.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the supplied passage. Motif candidates
use only supplied taxonomy references where directly supported. No comparison
claims were made because the passage does not itself support comparison to another
text or tradition.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage and metadata. Line locators are based on the provided stable line range and visible passage segmentation.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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