Japanese Style Bonsai 70th Exhibition Author:Japan Bonsai Association This is a glossy-paper, coffee-table sort of book, in which every page is almost completely taken up by a color picture of a bonsai in its own artistic container and generally on its own little low table. The pictures are beautifully photographed. — There is nothing on the back cover, as this book was published on the occasion of a special exhibi... more »tion. All the comments below the pictures are in Japanese (and the English title I have given for it is a translation), but I am venturing to post the book because the scientific (i.e., Latin) name of each tree is given under its picture, and the main value of the book lies in its pictures, not the extremely sparse text. Unless you read Japanese, however, you will not be able to read the names of the people who grew the bonsai.« less