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What is the title of the famous Utamaro print depicting a woman wiping sweat?

  • The sweat of summer

  • Woman Wiping Sweat

  • Cooling off

  • In the heat of the day

Answer

Woman Wiping Sweat (c. 1790s) is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utamaro. It is one of the most famous images in ukiyo-e and depicts a beautiful woman in a kimono wiping sweat from her face.
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