Royal Nikko Family 1913 – 1921

1913 September – Nik-ko, a Japanese troupe of acrobats, performed some thrilling feats. By way of climax, one of the lady members walked up a rope, stretched from the stage to the highest circle. King’s Theatre Edinburgh

1914 The Great Nik-ko Troupe of Japanese entertainers – Aberdeen

1914 September – The Great Nikko Troupe of Japanese Entertainers – Palace Theatre. “Especially daring and clever was the slide for life, when, after reaching the gallery platform, the performer slides down in a most remarkable manner. In this superb dressing of the stage in Japanese artistic setting is particularly good” Aberdeen Press & Journal 8 September 1914 p 6

1919 August – October with Broncho Bill Circus – Jarrow, Hull, Grantham

1920 March – April – Broncho Bill Circus – Lancashire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire

1920 September – the Great Royal Nikko Troupe of Japanese Wonders with Broncho Bill’s Great Wild West Exhibition and Mammoth Circus, Yarmouth, “who have gained a great reputation by their surprising skill and daring, and are the favourite entertainers of the Emperor of Japan”.

1921 March – Tewkesbury with Broncho Bill Circus. THE ROYAL NIKKO FAMILY Of GENUINE JAPANESE ARTISTES, the favourite entertainers of the Emperor Japan, who are without doubt Japan’s Greatest Acrobats.

1921 June – Reading. Last mention in Britain.