Almost no information is available on the artist Ishizuka Kan other than his contribution of two prints of kabuki actors to the Shin Nigao Magazine (1915) and that he was a member of Sango-kai (Coral Society), as detailed below.
Sources: Independent Administrative Institution National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
http://www.tobunken.go.jp/~bijutsu/publications/bijutukenkyu/376_Sangokai.html [site no longer active]
COMPILATION OF MATERIALS RELATED TO THE SANGO-KAI
by Kikuya, Yoshio and Shioya, Jun
The Sango-kai was a small artists group centered on the activities of Nihonga painters. In Taisho 4 (1915) the group was formed by eight painters: Hirafuku Hyakusui as the main member, joined by Ikeda Eiji (1889-1950), Ogawa Usen (1868-1938), Ogawa Senyou (1882-1971), Kawabata Ryushi (1885-1966), Tsuruta Goro (1890-1969), Natori Shunsen (1886-1960) and Yamamura Toyonari [also Kōka] (1885-1942). This group was active until its 10th exhibition held in Taisho 13 (1924). Morita Tsunetomo (1881-1933), Kondō Kōichiro (1884-1962), and Ishizuka Kan joined the initial members midway through the group's history, and at the end of the group's activities, Sakai Sanryo (1897-1969) and Okamoto Ippei exhibited works in the group's exhibitions. While technically exhibiting Nihonga works, Ogawa Usen and Kawabata Ryushi had both been trained in Western-style painting, and Tsuruta Goro was an active Western-style painter, while Okamota Ippei and Ikeda Eiji were both manga artists. Thus the group was not necessarily a unified front, but rather a place where they could share interests and studies on an equal footing as individual friends and colleagues. It seems to have been a place for extremely free exchange.
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