BACK TO JAPAN: The Life and Art of Master Kimono Painter Kunihiko Moriguchi

As a young decorative arts student in the '60s, Moriguchi rubbed shoulders with the cultural elite of Paris and befriended Balthus, who would profoundly influence his artistic career. When he returned to Japan to take up his father's career in kimono painting, he contemporized the craft of 'yuzen' through his innovative use of abstraction in patterns. Photos.