"Yugen" by robgilmorephoto Image taken at low tide, Meyers Beach, Oregon. Yugen has to do with the subtle and the profound, and it is at the core of the appreciation of beauty and art in Japan. It values the power to evoke, rather that the ability to state directly. The principle of Yugen shows that real beauty exists when, through its suggestiveness, only a few words, or few brush strokes, can suggest what has not been said or shown, and hence awaken many inner thoughts and feelings.