Picture signboard - Ekanban

Japanese: 絵看板 - えかんばん
Picture signboard - Ekanban
〘 noun 〙 A signboard in front of a theater or movie theater that shows a part of a scene or a person in vivid color. ※Hyōban-ki/Hyōban-Ousyukubai (1781) "Toyotake Toji. <abbreviated> Until the Enkyō era, signs were used to display dolls. However, this man made them into painted signs, as if they were for a large-scale play."

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:
〘名〙 劇場、映画館などの表に、人物や場面の一部を極彩色の絵にして掲げる看板。※評判記・評判鶯宿梅(1781)「豊竹東治。〈略〉延享以来迄は、かんばんは人形まねきを出したる事なり。然るを此人、大芝居のごとく、画かんばんにいたせしより」

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