Japanese Ceremonial Silk Lumbar Pillow – The Momiji Cascade, Maple Leaf in Amber and Persimmon

Momiji. The turning of the leaves. The Japanese tradition of momiji-gari — attending to beauty in its moment of maximum intensity and imminent disappearance, carried here across an amber silk ground.

The ground is kaki-iro — the colour the Japanese call persimmon. Across it, large-scale momiji maple leaves cascade in pink-blush and sage-green, joined by ume plum blossoms in cream and burnished gold. The gold and silver kinshi thread sits dense at the floral centres, each leaf rendered at the scale of a painting rather than a pattern. The amber gives the composition its warmth. The cascading leaves give it its rhythm.

A pillow for charcoal sofas, cream daybeds, minimalist rooms that welcome one deliberate season — quiet beauty for ordinary moments, gathered around a shared table.

The face is the original obi silk. The reverse is finished in vivid persimmon-orange satin — bold enough to change the room when turned. Envelope pocket closure. 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 with momiji maple, ume plum and kinshi brocade
Dimensions: 50 × 31 cm (lumbar format)
Construction: Envelope pocket closure, persimmon-orange satin reverse
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.