Mu-Ch’i, Six Persimmons, 1270, Ryoko-in, Daitko-ji, Kyoto

Asymmetrical balance is created when the visual “weight” of one side of a work has enough visual strength to offset the opposite side without too much similarity. The Buddhist Ch’an monk, Mu Ch’i, meditated and worked to express complexity through simple-looking images like Six Persimmons.