Takashi Murakami: Maiko in Springtime Kyoto Lisane Basquiat and literary sketches of the

and literary sketches of the portrait subjects by the novelist

Available in black and red

The catalogue—which features a die-cut reproduction of one of the exhibited paintings stapled to its cover—reproduces all the works in the exhibition with color plates

intended to be exact copies of photographs

Takashi Murakami: Maiko in Springtime Kyoto Lisane Basquiat and literary sketches of theThis screen print with gold leaf by Takashi Murakami depicts a woman in a blue kimono with a pink cherry blossom design standing in front of a checkerboard patterned gold and bronze background embellished with additional smiling blooms. Behind the figure, a red torii gate and a pagoda usher viewers toward a spiritual world, while green hills inscribed with Japanese characters evoke the local landscape. The title suggests that the subject is a maiko,