Standing sign - Okikanban

Japanese: 置看板 - おきかんばん
Standing sign - Okikanban
〘 noun 〙① A signboard that is set up like a partition in front of a store. [Essays, Morisada Manko (1837-53)]② Something that is placed as a signboard. By extension, a metaphor for something that is only placed as decoration and has no use. ※Ukiyo- zoshi , Saikaku Oridome (1694), 6 "It was not enough to just have a beautiful appearance, so it was piled up in several places and later it was used as a display signboard for the face powder shop on Shijo -dori ."

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Japanese:
〘名〙① 店の正面についたてのようにすえておく看板。〔随筆・守貞漫稿(1837‐53)〕② 看板として置く物。転じて、飾りとして置くだけで役に立たないもののたとえ。※浮世草子・西鶴織留(1694)六「形のうつくしきばかりにても済(すま)ぬ事にして、幾所かさられ戻りて、後には四条通の白粉(おしろい)屋の見せに、置看板(おきカンバン)ばかりによびけるが」

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