In my view asymmetry is a foundation of beauty of kimono: It almost symmetrical in its pattern but ion the body it is always asymmetrical
if indeed : "The Japanese are masterful at asymmetry and kimono are superb examples. They are balanced but not perfectly symmetrical"According to Robyn Taylor Author form Australian artlink.com
as in ikebana which is acording to this text of von Marianne Sikora-Schoeck An Ikebana arrangement is always asymmetric. In ikebana "the chief characteristics-asymmetry" kimono is another dimention of this asymmetric concept . No image of kimono on the body is shows symmetry. Is it because as von Marianne Sikora-Schoeck wrote "the rules lead to asymmetry and imply it as a natural law. It is the premise for the never repeated variety of possibilities of arranging."?
