Japanese Ceremonial Silk Knot Bag – The Ōgi to Hana, Patchwork of Classical Motifs in Cream and Dusty Pastels

Ōgi to hana. Folding fans and flowers, joined as fields. A banded patchwork of classical obi motifs — ōgi fans, kiku, peonies, kikkō hexagons, and stylised waves — held in muted dusty pastels.

The silk is warm cream with ivory undertones and the slight softness of age. Across the body, several distinct motif fields join in banded composition: ōgi folding fans, kiku chrysanthemums, peonies, the kikkō hexagonal lattice, and stylised waves. Each field carries its own palette in muted dusty pastels — dusty pink, pale gold, soft taupe, faded sage — and the whole is threaded subtly with gold and silver. The cloth holds the lustre of a high-quality brocade with the patience of something lived with.

A bag for occasions that warrant softness — a slow lunch with someone you love, an old hotel bar, a Sunday gallery in late summer.

The silk is the original obi face, designed and finished into a knot bag at the Renaras atelier. Knotted self-closure, silk lining. No metal touches the silk. No clasp, no hardware, no zip.

Renaras: Japanese ceremonial silk, reimagined for daily life.

Each piece arrives with its own passport from the atelier — a small handmade record of the silk's first life and its transformation, signed and dated in Amsterdam.

Material: Japanese ceremonial silk, fukuro obi
Construction: Knotted self-closure, silk lining, no metal contact
Care: Dry clean or spot clean.
Origin: Japanese ceremonial silk, designed and finished at the Renaras atelier, Netherlands.

One silk. One story. One piece. Never repeated.