Utagawa Kunisada Prints – Shunga, Pattern & Japanese Figure Design

Utagawa Kunisada prints in this collection centre on historical shunga designs from The Erotic Road to the Capital. Adult intimate encounters appear within rooms, boats and travel settings, surrounded by patterned textiles and written panels. Explore the designs’ composition alongside Japanese figure prints, the wider Japanese collection and figurative art.

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Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese Shunga Art Print : Shimada, The erotic road to the capital, Ukiyo-e
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Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese Art Print : Meeting at the Temple, The erotic road to the capital, Ukiyo-e
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Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese Shunga Art Print : Tsuchiyama, The erotic road to the capital, Ukiyo-e
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Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese Shunga Art Print : Stopping Place, The erotic road to the capital, Ukiyo-e
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Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese Shunga Art Print : Sakanoshita, The erotic road to the capital, Ukiyo-e
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Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese Shunga Art Print : Minakuchi, The erotic road to the capital, Ukiyo-e
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Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese Shunga Art Print : Kyoto, The erotic road to the capital, Ukiyo-e
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Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese Shunga Art Print : Ishibe, The erotic road to the capital, Ukiyo-e
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Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese Shunga Art Print : Fujikawa, The erotic road to the capital, Ukiyo-e
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Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese Art Print : Ferry in the Yodo, The erotic road to the capital, Ukiyo-e
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Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese Art Print : Otsu, The erotic road to the capital, Ukiyo-e
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A design divided by a strong red panel

Meeting at the Temple places the principal figures against a large warm-coloured area, with a smaller outdoor view at one side. Textile patterns and the vertical inscription provide additional divisions. The arrangement contrasts broad flat colour with finer lines, giving the design several scales of detail without a single continuous perspective.

An intimate scene within a travelling setting

Ferry in the Yodo gathers figures, patterned clothing and the boat’s structure into the foreground, with a quieter view beyond. The written panel and contrasting fabric areas create clear boundaries within the close grouping. Compare the framed distant setting with the larger flat red area used in Meeting at the Temple.

The foreground encounter and the view beyond

Ōtsu places closely grouped figures before an open view of water, boats and a low shoreline. Dark patterned fabrics and pale areas separate the foreground forms. The distant setting provides a second scale of looking, balancing the compact interior arrangement with a much broader landscape.

Related artists and collections

Compare figure design in Kitagawa Utamaro, textiles and gestures in Keisai Eisen, and quieter encounters in Suzuki Harunobu. Further Japanese figure prints develops the clothing and pose connections, while Japanese art places these adult historical designs beside landscapes, birds and other print subjects.

Read more in our guide to the culture of the floating world.