Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. In place of his usual garb — baggy cargo pants, T-shirt and sneake

Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. In place of his usual garb — baggy cargo pants, T-shirt and sneakers — he was done up in a traditional hakama, his hair pulled back in a neat bun, with his signature round glasses and wispy goatee. 

Tranquillity of the Heart, Torment of the Flesh,” includes new paintings of the founder of Zen Buddhism.


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/07/arts/design/07mura.html

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