Hundred-metre dashThe artist returns to his Buddhist roots to examine a dark time in Japan TAKASHI MURAKAMI'S new show opens with a six-metre inflatable portrait of the artist as a cross-legged Buddha with dirty feet, hairy legs and a scarred shin, his hand stretched out in welcome. The effect is overpowering, dwarfing visitors as they enter. By the show's tenth and final room, they are stepping o