A Meeting of Japan, China, and the West, late 18th - early 19th century, Shiba K?kan, Japanese, 1747 - 1818, 40 ¡Ñ 19 1/2 in. (101.6 ¡Ñ 49.53 cm) (image)74 1/4 ¡Ñ 24 1/4 in. (188.6 ¡Ñ 61.6 cm) (without roller), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 18th-19th century, A European, a Japanese, and a Chinese man sit around a table. As the European has a book showing a skeleton, he is believed to be the German doctor Lorenz Heister (1683¡V1758), whose writings circulated in Japan in the mid-18th century. K?kan is considered the father of Western-style painting in Japan, and this painting is attributed to him even though no other works by him have this style of signature and seals.