額がく縁ぶちショー

noun

picture-frame show

A Shōwa-era stage performance in which a woman posed half-naked inside a large frame, resembling a Western painting. Historical term; no longer a common practice.

• 昭しょう和わの見み世せ物もの小屋ごやでは、額がく縁ぶちショーが人にん気きを集あつめたという。

  It is said that picture-frame shows were popular in Shōwa-era freak shows.

• 額がく縁ぶちショーは、女じょ性せいが額がく縁ぶちの中なかでポーズをとる舞ぶ台たい芸げいだった。

  The picture-frame show was a stage act in which a woman posed inside a frame.