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My father brought these back from his travels in the East. They are 3 different paintings of bath house scenes. There is something printed on the back of each and hoping someone can interpret.
Thank you for any and all help. (p.s. - I am working on better images.)

Title (Top middle),
競細腰雪柳風呂　-　Kurabe hoso koshiyuki no Yanagi-yu - Comparison of slender hips like willows in snow at Yanagi Bathouse
(English title in literature: Scene of Women's Public Bath)
Name cartouche (Right lower corner),
一惠斎芳幾画　　-　Painted by Ikkeisai Yoshiiku
(Publ. in 1868)

Ochiai Yoshiiku 落合芳幾　1833-1904
Ikkeisai 一惠斎　was his pseudonym

Rubber stamp of a woodblock print shop;
酒井好古堂
100 東京都千代田区有楽町一・二・一四
Sakai Kōkodō
100　Tōkyō-to, Chiyoda-ku,Yurakuchō　1-2-14

With regards,
I.Nagy

Your print is by Yoshiiku. See the link below for a copy at the MET and more information. Given the deep (maybe enhanced) colors of your print, it may not be an original. The photo is too small to do a good comparison.

Cheers,
Stan

URL Title :Public Bath

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