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Born in 1923 at
Kanda,Tokyo.
A scholar of English and American Literature,
Shozo Kajima has translated a number of
American novels into Japanese, including
five major works by William Faulkner.
His most recent
passion is the revival of the
oriental art form known as Sansui.
Basically an expression of the Taoist world
through a combination of illustration and verse,
Sansui means "mountain-water" and is
traditionally displayed in either book or hanging
scroll form.
Kajima's interest in this ancient art form has
helped to revive it in a modern context,
as the tradition was virtually lost in Japan
upon the death of the great Sansui master
Tessai Tomioka in 1923.
Interestingly enough, this is also the same year
in which Kajima was born.
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