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Fifteen stones in raked gravel framed by an earthen wall — placeholder
Ryōan-ji rock garden, Kyoto. © replace with licensed photography.

Place

Ryōan-ji

In Kyoto

Fifteen stones in a rectangle of raked gravel, arranged so that you can never see all of them at once. The garden at Ryōan-ji is among the most studied compositions in the world precisely because it withholds: it is a lesson in what is left out.

Keep following the thread.