A historical outdoor sideshow (misemono) held in the Edo and Meiji periods, often on shrine or temple grounds in temporary booths; a type of spectacle or freak show from that era.
昔の町には見せ物小屋があって、奇術師や奇形の展示が人気だった。
In the old towns there used to be misemono booths where magicians and displays of oddities were popular.
その博物館には江戸時代の見せ物に関する資料が展示されている。
The museum displays materials related to Edo-period misemono.
A show, exhibition, spectacle, or sideshow; anything intended to attract attention. Often used also to mean making someone a spectacle ('to make a show of someone').
動物を見せ物にするのは残酷だと批判された。
It was criticized as cruel to make animals into a spectacle.
あのパフォーマンスは一種の見せ物として受け取られた。
That performance was taken as a kind of spectacle.
祭りでは様々な見せ物が通りに並ぶ。
At the festival, various shows and attractions line the street.