Israel Goldman (better known as Izzy) is one of the world’s foremost dealers in the field of Japanese prints and illustrated books. His personal collection of works by Kawanabe Kyosai, which has been extensively exhibited in Japan, is one of the finest extant. Izzy’s latest discovery is a group of highly important drawings by Hokusai which he sold to the British Museum in 2020. He received us in his home in London to talk about his work and passion for Japanese art.

On this video Israel Goldman and Sophie looked at works by the following artists:

Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)
Ichikawa Ebizo V (Ichikawa Danjuro VII)
From an untitled series of large head actor prints
1863 
Oban

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Ipitsu gafu (Album of Drawings with One Stroke of the Brush)
1823
Illustrated book

Ichikawa Danjuro VII (1791-1859) 
Self-portrait in the role of Shibaraku
1828
Square surimono

Most of the Japanese paintings seen in the video are by Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889).

Izzy’s extensive, personal Kyosai collection is on long-term loan to the British Museum where it is available for public study.

Supported by the Toshiba International Foundation