Japanese Ceremonial Silk Table Runner – The Bengara-Ume, Plum Blossom and Asanoha in Rust Red and Slate

Bengara. The rust-red of ancient Japan. The iron oxide red of temple interiors and lacquered ceremonial objects — woven here through the demanding kasuri technique.

The foundation is dyed in bengara — the rust-red historically reserved for Japan's most enduring architectural surfaces. Against it, two of Japan's most classical motifs are rendered in precision kasuri weave: the floating ume plum blossom in muted slate blue, counterbalanced by the geometric asanoha hemp leaf pattern in cream and olive-gold. Kasuri requires individual threads to be resist-dyed before weaving, then aligned by hand so the pattern forms precisely as the loom works. The bengara gives the composition its warmth. The kasuri gives it its precision.

A runner that turns the daily table into something a little finer — quiet beauty for ordinary moments, gathered around a shared meal.

The runner is lined in undyed silk to protect the face. No metal touches the visible silk.

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, Tsumugi kasuri with ume plum and asanoha hemp leaf
Dimensions: 150 × 30 cm (approx. 59 × 12 in)
Construction: Undyed silk lining
Care: Dry clean or spot clean.
Origin: Japanese ceremonial silk, designed and finished at the Renaras atelier, Netherlands.

Pair with placemats from the same collection.

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