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The Ryūsui Silver Wave — Japanese Ceremonial Silk Lumbar Pillow, Flowing Water in Persimmon and Silver | Pillows by Renaras
The Ryūsui Silver Wave — Japanese Ceremonial Silk Lumbar Pillow, Flowing Water in Persimmon and Silver | Pillows by Renaras
The Ryūsui Silver Wave — Japanese Ceremonial Silk Lumbar Pillow, Flowing Water in Persimmon and Silver | Pillows by Renaras
The Ryūsui Silver Wave — Japanese Ceremonial Silk Lumbar Pillow, Flowing Water in Persimmon and Silver | Pillows by Renaras
The Ryūsui Silver Wave — Japanese Ceremonial Silk Lumbar Pillow, Flowing Water in Persimmon and Silver | Pillows by Renaras

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The Ryūsui Silver Wave — Japanese Ceremonial Silk Lumbar Pillow, Flowing Water in Persimmon and Silver

Price from €235 to €335

A lumbar pillow cover in Japanese ceremonial silk, cut from a Nishijin fukuro obi (袋帯): ryūsui (流水, flowing water) currents in genuine silver-foil thread across a kaki-iro persimmon ground. Envelope-pocket back, no metal against the silk; 50 × 30 cm. For warm rooms wanting movement. Spot clean only. Unrepeatable, finished at the Renaras atelier, Amsterdam. Ryūsui. The flowing water motif. Among the oldest decorative motifs in the Japanese canon — the beauty of flow, the grace of movement — woven here in genuine silver foil thread. Against a vivid kaki-iro persimmon-orange silk ground, undulating currents of ryūsui move across the surface in genuine silver foil thread (gin-shi), raised and architectural, catching light like water catching sky. The gin-shi threads are not printed or dyed — they are woven into the structure of the silk, strand by strand. The persimmon gives the composition its warmth. The silver gives it its current. A pillow for white linen sofas, pale stone consoles, natural oak shelving — the single saturated note that makes an interior feel finished. Quiet beauty for ordinary moments, gathered around a shared table. Seamless envelope closure. No metal touches the visible silk. Product type Lumbar pillow cover Silk source Japanese ceremonial obi (pre-loved); origin Japan. Weave / technique Nishijin-ori 西陣織 (fukuro obi 袋帯) Motif Ryūsui 流水 (flowing water — movement, grace) Construction Seamless envelope closure; no metal against the visible silk Dimensions 50 × 30 cm; small format also offered live Origin of silk Japan Assembled in Amsterdam, Netherlands Care Spot clean only Unrepeatable Yes SKU REN-PIL-017-L 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. One silk. One story. One piece. Never repeated.

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Item The Ryūsui Silver Wave — Japanese Ceremonial Silk Lumbar Pillow, Flowing Water in Persimmon and Silver
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Renaras is an Amsterdam atelier that transforms vintage Japanese ceremonial silk (kimono, obi, furisode and uchikake) into contemporary objects for the home and wardrobe. Wall tapestries, silk textile paintings, bed runners, cushions, table runners, placemats, napkins, bottle sleeves and knot bags are each cut from a single textile, so every piece is unrepeatable. The practice follows mottainai, the Japanese conviction that nothing of value should be wasted. Silk woven for ceremony is given a second life rather than left folded away. Each piece is finished by skilled seamstresses and accompanied by a record of its provenance.

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