b 1823?
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
Probably not the same person as Shintaro Bungo, also a tub balancer, who arrives in USA in June 1867 with Baldwin & Gilbert Great Dragon Troupe – is overlap in July 1867 with Bunjiro being in Batavia and Sintaro Bungo being in USA in June and Dublin in August 1867.
1867 July – in Batavia as Bungero, performing with Shingorō with multicoloured screen. Gengero.
1867 December – arrives in Melbourne with Lenton & Smith. Bungero performs tub act with Chiyokichi. Screen balancing. 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.
1871 February Dragon Tycoon Troupe Oxford Bungrosan – Harrosan (Hasegawa Harukichi), Godia (Kagami Godayu), Tommysan (Hasegawa Tomikichi), Yasso (Kondo Yasokichi), Otorryanase (Ogawa Torakichi), Torrakitchie (Kondo Torrokitchi), Otakesan, Little Boy All Right, Tommy the Wolf.
1871 March Bungrosan Japanese Tycoon Dragon Troupe Banbury, Buckingham, Spalding
1871 April 2nd census – only possible fit with Bungrosan is Kagami Katsugoro aged 45 in Luton boarding house with other members of Great Dragon Troupe. Or could be Hasegawa Masajiro 26
1871 December – Bungrosan with Great Dragon Tycoon Japanese Troupe 14 in number, including Harrosan, Godia, Tommysan, Yasso, Otorryanase, Torrakitchie, Otakesan, Little Boy All Right, Tommy the Wolf. Gloucester
1872 April – Bungrosan Bradford
1872 June Bungrosan Chesterfield
1872 October 10 Brighton
1872 17 October – Tannaker’s Great Dragon Troupe Bungrosan Bath
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 March – advertised as performing in Berwick.
1873 August arrive in Australia
1873 October – Bungero the great pedal balancer
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
1887 December – January 1888 Prince Bungero and Kan Itchi
1888 April – Tasmania
1888 Clark’s All Star Novelty Company in Ballarat to October with Wirth’s Circus in Melbourne (no evidence?)
1889 November – Prince Bungero and Kian Ichi, Adelaide
1891 April – Prince Bungero and Lolander
1893 Bungero and Zakara in Toulouse, France deux japonais
1895 Bungero and Itchi proprietors of a troupe, Australia
1897 May – Bungero and Itchi THE WORLD’S GREATEST JAPANESE ACROBATS, GYMNASTS, AND FEET – BALANCERS. THE MARVEL OF THE SEASON. TO NIGHT and Every Evening.
1898 July-Aug Bungaro and Miss Zakara – Prague, Graz
1903 died aged 80 in Grantham Queensland
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