Lisa Tajima

LISA TAJIMA attended college in the United States before returning to Japan to work for several years as a music journalist. After starting to study bonsai with a traditional master, she created her own style-which she termed "pop bonsai"-and began to attract attention as a new-generation bonsai artist. The inventiveness of her work has been recognized in a number of awards, even some from Japan's most traditional competitions. She has also studied ceramics, and makes her own containers,...See more

LISA TAJIMA attended college in the United States before returning to Japan to work for several years as a music journalist. After starting to study bonsai with a traditional master, she created her own style-which she termed "pop bonsai"-and began to attract attention as a new-generation bonsai artist. The inventiveness of her work has been recognized in a number of awards, even some from Japan's most traditional competitions. She has also studied ceramics, and makes her own containers, including "walking bonsai" ones. HISAYOSHI OSAWA has worked in various fields of photography: fashion, acting, art, cooking and advertising. He won the 20th Japan Advertising Photographers' Association prize, and has held exhibitions of his work. He has also published several books of photography. See less