Motoko Katakura

Motoko Katakura
片倉もとこ
Born
Motoko Shintani 新谷素子

(1937-10-17)October 17, 1937.
Nara, Nara
DiedFebruary 23, 2013(2013-02-23) (aged 75)
NationalityJapanese
Other names片倉素子
OccupationCultural anthropology (Middle Eastern Studies)
Known forthe first woman director of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (May 2005)
Notable work"Bedouin village: a study of a Saudi Arabian people in transition" (1977)[1]

Motoko Katakura (片倉もとこ (素子)) (née Niiya, 17 October 1937 - 23 February 2013)[2] was a Japanese anthropologist who specialized in the Islamic world.

  1. ^ Katakura, Motoko (1977). Bedouin village: a study of a Saudi Arabian people in transition. The modern Middle East series (in Japanese). Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. OCLC 784944344.
  2. ^ "Katakura Motokosan ga shikyo: moto kokusai nihon bunkasenta- shocho" [Dr.Motoko Katakura passed away: former director of the International Japanese Culture Institute] (in Japanese). the Nikkei. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2017.