Flower basket in the form of a kusudama (ornamental festival ball)

Rokansai was born in Tochigi Prefecture, into a family that for generations had been bamboo craftsmen. He learned bamboo crafting under his father.

For a similar bamboo flower basket in the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, see Great Masters of Modern Japanese Art: from the Idemitsu Collection (Tokyo: Idemitsu Museum of Arts, 2008), no. 1.