Motoko Katakura

| image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Motoko Shintani | birth_date = . | birth_place =Nara, Nara | death_date = | death_place = | nationality =Japanese | other_names = | occupation =Cultural anthropology (Middle Eastern Studies) | years_active = | known_for = the first woman director of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (May 2005) | notable_works ="Bedouin village: a study of a Saudi Arabian people in transition" (1977) }} (née Niiya, 17 October 1937 - 23 February 2013) was a Japanese anthropologist who specialized in the Islamic world. Provided by Wikipedia