Against a high-gloss, perfect black roiro ground, bold plant designs in red rinpa-style bring these dishes alive. The lacquer technique used botan-shibo nuri, withered peonies involves building up an irregular thick, viscous, black lacquer background to the plant designs, which is then over-lacquered in red, before polishing back. It imparts vitality and depth to the images.

Born in Kanazawa City, Komatsu studied under Uematsu Hōbi. In 1927 his work was selected for inclusion in the 8th Teiten (Imperial Art Exhibition), and in 1938 he received the Special Selection Award at the 2nd Shin-Bunten. After the war, his work was regularly shown at the Nitten exhibitions, receiving the Special Selection Award in 1946, and the Minister of Education Award in 1968. In 1977 he was designated as a Holder of an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Ishikawa Prefecture. Serving as a Councillor of the Nitten, his work was seen as featuring a modern sense of design and original decorative motifs, that brought fresh energy to the lacquer art world.