Title: The Actor Nakamura Riko as an Oiran Tying Her Obi
Object type: Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Date: ca. 1779
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1726–1792
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 12 7/32 x 5 5/8 in. (31.1 x 14.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Francis Lathrop Collection, Purchase, Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1911
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women, term: Actors