Title: The Actor Nakamura Noshio II, in Female Role, Holding a Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute)
Object type: Print
Date: 1796 (Kansei, 6th year)
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Katsushika Hokusai 
Artist bio: Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (29.8 x 13.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Flutes, term: Actors