Japanese Ceremonial Silk Table Runner – The Hisui-Mandara, Karakusa Mandala in Jade Green and Gold

Hisui. The jade of imperial fortune. The colour most revered in East Asian cultures as the embodiment of virtue, longevity and imperial authority — woven here in silk and heavy gold.

The ground is dyed in hisui-iro deep celadon. Against it, symmetrical karakusa arabesque motifs and geometric mandala compositions are woven in heavy kinran gold thread — wound around a silk core to produce a thread with depth and a lustre that catches candlelight from every angle. At the mandala intersections, the gold thread is densest, creating a raised tactile surface that reads as almost three-dimensional under raking light. The runner is reversible — a second complete silk surface on the reverse. The jade gives the composition its calm. The gold gives it its warmth.

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

Reversible silk construction. 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, Nishijin fukuro obi reversible with kinran karakusa and mandala
Dimensions: 166 × 30 cm (approx. 59 × 12 in)
Construction: Reversible silk construction
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.