Title: “High-Ranking Courtesan” (Oiran), from the series Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter (Hokkoku goshiki-zumi),
Object type: Print
Date: 1794–95
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Kitagawa Utamaro 
Artist bio: Japanese, ca. 1754–1806
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Oban 14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (37.5 x 24.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1922
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women