Oiran alludes to the eponymous courtesans popular during the 18th and 19th century; the roses, as though performers in a Kabuki piece, exude a gallant beauty while their fragility evokes a dreamlike presence, at once ephemeral and elusive. A flower blooming in space in Space Flower symbolizes life and refers to one’s individual self. Perhaps the act of maturing requires one to reject one’s past, an act that inflicts hurt upon one’s self, but the individual more often than not comes out stronger. Space Jungle depicts a jungle on a planet far away from ours. 

Abundant water and flora abound on the surface while an array of minerals and plants inhabit the underground, navigating the chaos of zero gravity in obliterative spurts
of dance. Drawing inspiration from Ogata’s painting “Red and White Plum Blossoms”, a national treasure of Japan, Moon Flower considers how red and white plum blossoms
would appear on the Moon, presenting a continuous kaleidoscope of exploding moon flowers. The deified characters of Ogata’s “Wind God and Thunder God” take centre stage with Tosa’s reimaginings. Wind God shows a figure approaching and unfolding onto the scene before departing while Thunder God invokes the Japanese thunder god Susanoo, whom remains likeable in spite of his selfish and mischievous personality.