1824 – born Hayakawa Genjiro (according to 1871 passport records)
1849 born (according to Otago passenger list)
May have been Genjiro, top spinner, from the house of Shōgorō in 1867 April passport records for Lenton & Smith Great Dragon Troupe include Ohatsu is recorded as being his wife. But other records show someone of a younger age, so this may have been John Gingero.
1867 December – Lenton & Smith Great Dragon Troupe (“11 Japanese” – 8 men, 3 women, Mr & Mrs Lenton, Mr and Mrs Smith, Mr Ferrari, Mr Kirby, Mr Herbert, 2 male children, 1 male infant, 1 female infant) arrive in Melbourne, Australia on The Avoca: Isokichi, Mitarō, Genjirō/Gengero, Chōnosuke, Katsujirō, Chiyokichi, Omato/Tomo, Bungarō/Bunjirō, Ohatsu, Seijirō, Yasuke.
1868 May – Tasmania – benefit for Gengero – top spinner and bamboo balancer but also new tricks – magic fountain and balancing glasses, boxes and knives
1868 October – Lenton & Smith troupe depart Victoria on the Otago for New Zealand with Mr & Master Kitchie aged 30 and 10, Mr Mitaro aged 19, Mr Bungero aged 21, Mr Sagero 18, Miss Cutswhogero 17, Mr Narshee 22, Ms Omoto 20, Ms Ohatsue 21, Mr Gingero 19, Mr Chonosuke 24. Isokichi not on the list.
1869 Mar – Lenton & Smith troupe leave Sydney for Shanghai then on to Japan.
America
The Yeddo Royal Japanese Troupe departed Yokohama on July 22, 1871, on the S.S. Japan, operated by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for San Francisco (hat tip Bill Staples blog)
The managers of the troupe are two British entrepreneurs, only known as R. Mitchell and H. W. Welton (incorrectly spelled Wetton in some advertisements).
1871 passport records
Hayakawa Genjirō aged 47, acrobatics (age does not match 1868 Otago list)
Hayakawa Kiku, 31, top spinner
Yamamoto Kinjirō, 47, wire walker (dressing as a woman)
Matsushiro Toku, 12, shamisen
Yamamoto Shotarō, 25, wire walker
Takamori Toyokichi, 31, foot equilibrist
Takamori Yoshitarō, 9, upper half
Muto Hisajirō, 8, upper half
Hasegawa Tasu, 17, shamisen
Yanagawa ？jirō, 32, magician
Nishida Kunitarō, 13, upper half
Nishida Kichizō, 12, upper half
Ishimura Isuke, 55, propsman
Yoshikawa Sennosuke, 14, upper half
1871 August Royal Yeddo troupe in San Francisco – Professor Gangero, extraordinary feats of tumbling by the twin brothers Tumi and Kumi, ladder of swords Tumikechi, box and bottle Prof Gangero. Ladies dancing – Fatsan and Okami. Butterfly trick Yaonanowagh. Slack rope female Otoksan.
1871 September – The wonderful Gangero, greatest sleight of hand performer
1871 September 16 Royal Yeddo Japanese Troupe – Gangero – was in Australia before 1871 New York Clipper
Photos below from Thanatos archive and Robert Sayers Collection. Gangero seems old enough for the 1824 birth date.
1872 March Louisville Kentucky Royal Yeddo Troupe – juggling of Gangero, slide for life, boneless boys contortion, balancing of Gangero and Boy Wonder. Tumi ladder of swords.
1872 May – Nazau the wife of Professor Bangero, of the Royal Yeddo Japanese, who were performing last week at Colonel Wood’s Museum Philadelphia, gave birth to a baby girl on the evening the 6th inst, while at that establishment. The child is said to be the first born in the United States
1872 May – Madame Congero dies falling from wire Daily State Journal, Volume 4, Number 178, 20 May 1872
1872 June – participated in a baseball game with members of Olympic and national clubs in Washington. Yannanowah (first b.), Professor Gangero (s.s.), Kingero (third b.), Yoshi-Taro (l.fi), and Chonosuki (r.f.)
1872 June – Iwakura mission sees Genjiro at the National Theatre in Washington (Kurata p 253)
1873 Royal Yedo Japanese Troupe – April 1873
1873 April – Royal Yedo Japanese Troupe – Great Chicago Show
1873 Royal Yeddo Japanese Troupe Fort Wayne Gangero/Gingero – top spinning, box and juggling
1874 January the Royal Yedo Japanese Troupe New York Clipper
1875 August – Royal Yeddo Troupe at De Bar’s Opera House Montreal
1875 September Hamilton Ontario previous to their departure for the South and England.
1876 September Gangero’s troupe of Japanese, St Louis
1876 December – Gangero’s Royal Japanese Troupe, Newark
1877 April – Thomas Gangero’s manipulations of a bottle in a box
1877 September – Gangero’s Royal Yeddo Japanese Troupe. Thomas Gangero manager and sole proprietor, New England Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio
1877 September – Gangero’s Original Japanese Troupe – The only original Japanese troupe in America, headed by Prince Gangero himself, accompanied by Kara Keku, the only female performer ever allowed to leave Japan and assisted by Que Taro (Little All Right) in his thrilling Death Slide, Tommy Taro, the anatomical wonder, Kune Taro the human spider. New York
1877 December – in Cuba
1878 August – Barbados
1878 September – Barbados
1878 October – Hamilton, Ontario
1878 December – Trinidad
1879 February Gangero senior and wife both died of yellow fever in the mines of Southern Venezuela
1879 Que Gero, once the Little All Right of the Gangero Japanese troupe arrived in New York from Dominica
1880 June – Gue Gero, 29, actor, from China arrives New York from Havana
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