Kogi's Mysterious Journey

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Kogi longs to capture the spirit of nature in his art. He draws majestic mountains, trees, waterfalls, and Lake Biwa's glimmering fish, but his paintings are always lifeless and dull-until one supernatural morning when he wades into the cool, deep, shimmering water and becomes a golden fish. There he learns firsthand the freedom within the silence that pulsates in all of life. When hunger drives him to risk the fisherman's baited hook, another miraculous transformation forces Kogi back to his life as a painter, ...

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Kogi longs to capture the spirit of nature in his art. He draws majestic mountains, trees, waterfalls, and Lake Biwa's glimmering fish, but his paintings are always lifeless and dull-until one supernatural morning when he wades into the cool, deep, shimmering water and becomes a golden fish. There he learns firsthand the freedom within the silence that pulsates in all of life. When hunger drives him to risk the fisherman's baited hook, another miraculous transformation forces Kogi back to his life as a painter, but a painter now forever changed. Elizabeth Partridge's elegant prose and Aki Sogabe's cut-paper illustrations bring clean lines and lush color to this mysterious tale of discovery.

Adapted by Elizabeth Partridge.
Illustrated by Aki Sogabe

Kogi paints the shore of Lake Biwa, but is unable to capture the vigor and beauty that inspire him. One day, Kogi wades into the water to release a fish, and unable to resist follows in its wake, eventually becoming a fish himself, and learning what it is to be a fish in the lake.

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The Washington Post
Exquisite cut-paper illustrations by a Japanese-born artist enhance Partridge's retelling of an old Japanese folk tale.—Elizabeth Ward
Publishers Weekly
In this team's (Oranges on Golden Mountain) second outing, paper cutouts with bold outlines accompany an eerie Japanese folktale. Partridge tells the story of how, at each full moon, the people who live near Japan's Lake Biwa gather to hear the story of Kogi the artist, who tries again and again to paint fish: "But no matter how hard he tried, something was always missing." One night, by the shores of Lake Biwa, he releases a fish he has spent all day drawing into the water, then slips into the water himself; he becomes a fish. "In the vast silence, peacefulness filled Kogi. His spirit reached out to touch the stars." But then he's lured and hooked by his friend the fisherman, and comes within a carp's whisker of being cooked. He wakes in a cold sweat; it was all a dream. The precision of Sogabe's traditional cut-paper Japanese motifs-a kimono-clad artist under the cherry blossoms, a snow-covered mountain-will certainly impress readers, but the fish scenes reveal her greatest gifts. When the fisherman hooks Kogi, the lake churns with fan-sprays of angry waves, and the carp looks set to leap off the page. After waking, Kogi discovers new and magnificent artistic talent, but he isn't interested anymore: the freedom he has tasted in the lake is sweeter, and he enters the water one last time. Kogi may be an unfamiliar figure, but readers will not fail to feel the power of that final decision. Ages 5-8. (Oct.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Children's Literature
A Japanese artist named Kogi struggles with what many artists have faced throughout time: The ability to translate nature's essence into art. In this adaptation of a Japanese folktale, Kogi's personal journey from struggling artist to his miraculous transformation into a swimming fish is heartfelt and magical. When Kogi feels the freedom of swimming as a golden fish in Lake Biwa, his artistic desires are washed away, replaced by an innate desire to remain as a fish. It is only when hunger drives him to test his fate with a fisherman's baited hook that he realizes it is only a dream. His dream however is more powerful than his artistic desires and Kogi returns to Lake Biwa where he remains a fish forever. In this second outstanding work by Partridge and Sogabe, the combination of writing with intricate cut-paper illustrations is amazing. Sogabe's craft is awe inspiring as you see each wave of water and the detail of each mountain, tree and fish. The end result is a picture book that shows in word the timeless struggle of an artist with an equally timeless art form and by itself is a unique work of art. 2003, Dutton Children's Books/Penguin Young Readers Group, Ages 4 to 9.
— Mary Forbes
School Library Journal
K-Gr 4-In medieval Japan, an artist longs to capture the spectacular natural surroundings and diverse wildlife of Lake Biwa. No matter how hard Kogi tries, his paintings always seem to lie stiff and dead upon the paper. Seeking an ineffable quality he cannot seem to achieve, he wades into the water and finds himself transformed into a golden carp. For days, Kogi revels in the delicious freedom of swimming in the great lake. Unfortunately, he becomes hungry, and though his human mind knows better, he takes a baited hook and soon finds himself lying below a cook's knife. Sogabe uses a solid black spread, shot with a red line that looks like exploding barbed wire, to show the moment of Kogi's piscine death. The painter wakes to find that his wandering spirit has returned to his human body. His dream opens floodgates of creativity and now his paintings are endowed with energy and vitality. Partridge's spare, poetic recasting of a Japanese folktale ends with the artist and his creations coming to life again as fish. Dignified and handsome, Sogabe's carefully composed cut-paper art employs muted colors to bring Kogi's inner and outer worlds to life. An informative source note traces the history of the story. This enticing version of a Japanese tale stands out as a compelling read-aloud.-Margaret A. Chang, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Kirkus Reviews
Partridge, author of several studies on how art or artists are made, focuses on transformations and artistic epiphanies in this powerfully retold Japanese legend. Releasing a fish after failed attempts to capture its essence on paper, Kogi suddenly finds himself transformed into a golden carp in the depths of Lake Biwa. In sprayed paper cuts often reminiscent of David Wisniewski's serrated constructs, fish, waves, and beams of moonlight sweep across the pages as Sogabe captures the inner intensity of Kogi's experience-not only the thrill and power of freedom, but terror too, as he is helplessly caught by a fisherman, sold and (signaled by a page of abstract red and black) killed. Kogi then wakes up on his pallet, and goes on to paint fish so deeply real that they actually swim off the pages. And, ultimately, he becomes in truth the fish he dreamed of being. Though the subtler insights here may have more meaning for adults, children too will respond to the beauty of the art and page design-and Kogi's dream makes disturbing, universally compelling reading. (author note) (Picture book/folktale. 8-11)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780525470786
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
  • Publication date: 10/13/2003
  • Pages: 32
  • Age range: 5 - 8 Years
  • Lexile: 760L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 9.14 (w) x 11.38 (h) x 0.39 (d)

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