Sebastian Izzard LLC Asian Art

Paintings, prints, and illustrated books by nineteenth century ukiyo-e master Utagawa Kunisada.

Sebastian Izzard LLC will exhibit Japanese paintings, woodblock prints and illustrated books, and seventeenth century Nabeshima ceramics selected from our inventory during Asia Week this September. KAWANABE KYŌSAI (1831–1889) Two Crows on a Branch Overlooking Asakusa at Dawn Hanging scroll: ink and color on silk; 39⅛ x 13¾ in. (99.5 x 34.9 cm); Meiji era (1868–1912), 1883 Signed: Joku Nyūdo Kyōsai zu Sealed: Bankoku tobu (Flying over many lands) Provenance: Josiah Conder

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Chinese Bell Flowers and Dragonfly Color woodblock print: oban yoko-e (25.7 x 37.8 cm) Signed: Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu Publisher: Eijudo (Nishimuraya Yohachi)