Japanese garden aesthetic principles, Asymmetry

The third part of the "Japanese garden aesthetic principles" series of articles

There is one principle common to all Japanese gardens: the asymmetry. And the best example is the Zen type garden, because it is meant to be admired as a whole. More than this, the imperfection is very important to the Zen philosophy and like with the broken symmetry of the Ensō Zen circle, the Japanese garden beauty is created through asymmetry...