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Japan: Liu Bang (Emperor Gaozu, r. 206-195 BCE, founder and first ruler of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BCE-9 CE) Kills the White Serpent (Ryuho hakuja o kiru< / i>), Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850),1832
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Totoya Hokkei was a Japanese printmaker and book illustrator. He initially studied painting with Kano Yosen (1735-1808), the head of the Kobikicho branch of the Kano School and okaeshi (official painter) to the Tokugawa shogunate.
. Together with Teisai Hokuba (1771-1844), Hokkei was one of Katsushika Hokusai's best students.