Japanese Ceremonial Silk Lumbar Pillow – The Persimmon Aoi Heritage, Aoi Crest in Persimmon and Gold

Aoi. The crest of the Tokugawa. The hollyhock crest of Japan's most enduring shogunal house — rendered here on persimmon silk with the shippo seven-treasures border.

Against a warm persimmon silk ground, the aoi crest sits in fields of shippo — the seven-treasures geometry of interlocking circles — in burnished gold and metallic thread. The persimmon gives the composition its warmth. The aoi gives it its lineage.

A pillow for charcoal sofas, walnut studies, rooms that hold one collected object — quiet beauty for ordinary moments, gathered around a shared table.

The face is the original silk, backed in undyed linen. 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 aoi crest and shippo seven treasures
Dimensions: 50 × 31 cm
Construction: Envelope pocket closure, undyed linen 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.