Bunjirō

1867 April – Bunjirō 文次郎 attached to Isokichi’s daughter in Lenton & Smith troupe passport records which left Japan on the Ganges late April 1867

1867 July – in Batavia as Bungero, performing with Shingorō with multicoloured screen

1867 December – Bungaro arrives in Melbourne with Lenton & Smith. Bungero performs tub act with Chiyokichi. Opens and shuts an umbrella some six feet in diameter with his feet and balances it in every conceivable way

1868 May Bungero pedal balancer in Tasmania

1868 May Bun-ge-ro pedal balancer to September then New Zealand

1868 October Otago passenger list for New Zealand says Bungero is 21 years old.

1868 November – Bungero’s large and small tubs. Bungero’s Kihida

1869 March – Huntly Castle Beenyero from Sydney for Shanghai, then to Japan?

Could he have been in Britain February 1871 to March 1873 as Bungrosan in Great Dragon Troupe after Tannaker merger? But March 1873 clashes with re-appearance in Australia – could be misleading advertising as is only in March 1873, before which, appeared in October 1872 in Britain.

1872 October – passport issued for Suzuki Bunjiro aged 43. Tub/Pedal balancer is in the Satsuma Troupe in employ of Pasquale for 2 years. Troupe departs 8 October for Bombay from Yokohama. Igarashi Hikotaro aged 11 is a climber for Bunjiro, Ichitaro aged 9 climber and balancer for father Bunjiro

1872 November – Royal Tycoon Troupe of 13 artistes arrive in India, including Bungaro tub balancer start performing 11th November.

1873 August arrive in Australia

1874 January – King and Anderson great combination troupe Siamese and Asiatic – Tatsheran Bangero Tasmania

1874 Bungero “more wonderful than ever” in Tasmania

1874 August Bungero in Australia

1875 January – Melbourne, pedal balancing Bungaro

Asiatic Circus in Launceston Tasmania

1876 Bungaro becomes part owner of troupe

1876 May

1881 Bungaro and Ichi with Ashton’s in Australia through to June 1882

1885 January Prince Bungaro and Son – Woodward’s marvellous Japanese troupe and variety artistes – Theatre Royal New Zealand

1887 Bungaro and Itchi in Melbourne with Silk Stockings company

1887 Mr Bungero aged 40 with Mr Itchie aged 27 departed Melbourne for Adelaide

1888 Clark’s All Star Novelty Company in Ballarat to October with Wirth’s Circus in Melbourne

1903 died aged 80 in Grantham Queensland