Japanese Ceremonial Silk Table Runner – The Nishiki-Hi, Floral in Vermilion and Silver

Hi-iro. The vermilion of ritual fire. The orange-red of lacquered shrine gates, of the Torii that marks the threshold between the ordinary and the sacred — woven here across silk that responds to candlelight.

The ground is dyed in hi-iro, warmer than pure red, more alive than orange. Across this living ground, large-scale hana floral motifs are woven in raised metallic silver Nishijin thread, their pale lustre set against the warm vermilion in a contrast of temperature and material that is the hallmark of the finest Kyoto ceremonial weaving. The silver thread is wound around a silk core in the kinran technique, giving it flexibility and lustre that flat metal thread cannot achieve. The vermilion gives the composition its temperature. The silver gives it its bloom.

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, Nishijin fukuro obi with hana floral in raised silver
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.