1893 May 15 – Ichitaro Naito born in Fukuoka, Japan
1907 March – arrived in San Francisco from Kobe via Hong Kong on the Coptic aged 10 with Koki Doji 31, Gizo Shimdzu 11, Kinosaku Kikuchi 30
1907 August – Vancouver heading to New York aged 10 with Gizo Shimidzu 12, Ukichi Yamamoto 10 and Isami Wada, 32, Kuhei Kurosawa 31, Kotaro Yamamoto 32, Kozo Shimidzu 45 all acrobats. Were also actors Shuzo Moriya and co.
1911 April – census – living in Tynemouth with Seishu and Tora Watanabe of Fukushima/Lukushima troupe.
1912 July – arrived in Liverpool from Callao, Peru, with Pattaski Nakagawa, Yonekichi Muroya, Manjiro Nakagawa?
1912-1916 Probably part of the Three Royal Matsuis with Yonekichi Muroya as Matsui Gensui XVI
1918-9 served in 6th London Regiment in WWI – Victory Medal and British War Medal
1921 living with Nabekichi Maeda in Manchester. Possibly in the Kobes or the Deguchis
1923 January – married Margaret E Hull in Oldham.
1927 August – Taro Naito the Japanese juggler – Walsall
1928 April – . A clever Japanese juggler, Taro Naito, kept a double-headed cane in whirling suspension with taps from sticks held in either hand, swung two scale pans filled with water with snake-like contortions round about himself without spilling a spot, and then, with nimble pliant feet, turned and spun a large barrel in mid-air.
1928 July – Taro Naito, Japanese conjurer. He is a clever juggler, his footwork with a barrel being very smart
1928 August – Taro Naito, in a Japanese speciality
1928 October – daughter Otora S Naito born
1929 April – Taro Naito is a Japanese foot juggler, who has some exceptionally good tricks
1930 August – a Japanese juggler of great cleverness
1930 September – a bright entertainer with happy feet. Taro Naito ends the performance with a display of Japanese juggling that is marked by the characteristic cleverness of his race
1931- 1936 Japanese entertainer/performer/juggler. Taro Naito completes the bill with an exhibition of Japanese skill.
1937 rhythmic foot juggler. Oriental hand and foot juggler
1938 December – Taro Naito juggles in that bewildering Japanese way. A Japanese juggler.
1939 – the amazing foot juggler (no mention of Japanese)
1939 September – register – living with Margaret in Harrow. Music Hall Artist temporarily carpenter’s labourer.
1940 July – Taro Naito. the Japanese balancer
1940 December – Taro Naito, a Juggler from the Orient
1941 July – last mention for a decade, at the Palace, Blackpool
1951 May – Taro Naito – the unusual juggler – Hippodrome, Margate – performs through to 1956. No mention of being Japanese.
1954 Taro Naito, a clever little man from the Orient, who, besides indulging in the orthodox forms of balancing, goes down on his back and goes through a smart routine balancing a barrel on his feet.
1962 dies in Harrow, aged 68
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