Facing the Autumn Wind, 18th century, Kan Tenjū; Artist: After I Fukyū, Japanese, 1727 - 1795, 22 5/8 x 13 9/16 in. (57.47 x 34.45 cm) (image), Ink on paper, Japan, 18th century, Kan Tanju was a friend of Japan's greatest Nanga School artist, Ike Taiga. Together with their friend and artist Ko_ Fuyo_, they climbed mountains and discussed Chinese literati painting and poetry. Unlike Taiga, Tanju's style is restrained and usually in pure ink. Here he follows the method of I Fu-chiu, a Chinese merchant and painter who visited Japan between 1720 and 1747. Although not expressly identified as such, it is likely that I Fu-chiu originally composed the poem that Tanju included on this painting