1872 September/October – Thomas King hires another troupe of 13 Japanese performers – (second group), with funding from a French Yokohama based wine merchant, C Pasquale, to tour Britain for two years.
- Awata Katsunoshin, aged 41, juggler (Catchenoski)
- Sakuragawa Rikinosuke, aged 29 (Sacaranawa)
- Hoshino (Honagawa – Ogawa?) Torakichi aged 24, wire walker (Torakitchie)
- Suzuki Bunjirō, aged 43, tub/pedal balancing (Tatshebana Bungaro)
- Togawa Iwakichi aged 7, climber and balancer
- Yanagawa Choshichirō/Itchōsai, aged 52, juggler and conjuror (Echowsi)
- Mume, daughter of Yanagawa, climber and balancer, aged 10
- Shitsu/Shizu, daughter of Yanagawa, aged 6, balancer
- Igarashi Hikotarō, aged 11, climber for Bunjirō
- Nishida Chōtarō, aged 15, Itchōsai’s apprentice
- Suzuki Ichitarō aged 9, climber and balancer for father Bunjiro
- Sakai Manjiro, aged 28, rope walker, paper walker and
- Kondō Kikutarō, aged 14, contortionist, tumbler and wire walker.
1872 November – December – Royal Tycoon Troupe of 13 artistes (second group) arrive in India with Mr C Pasquali, Mr and Mrs King, 13 Japanese and two children. Artistes include Torakitchi the invisible wire walker, Sacaranawa ladder balancer, Makichi, Bungaro tub balancer, Catshenoski’s juggling, Echowsi (Itchosai) legerdemain, Terakitchi top spinning
1873 July 29 – arrive Sydney on the RMS Baroda from Calcutta. Mr & Mrs King, 15 “Siamese (and Japanese) Troupe” – two are women.
1873 August 9 – Juvenile Siamese troupe under the direction of Mr King including 2 female ascensionists.
Line up is 5 adults (Bungaro, Echowsi, Sacaranawa, Torakitchie, Catchenoski), plus 4 possible juveniles Makichi, Ro-go-zo, Coo-ma-kitchi, Chotaro. Billed as 13 star performers.
- Bending – Makichi and Ro-go-zo
- Magic Screen act – Bungaro
- Butterfly and Paper illusions – Echowsi
- High single bamboo (sensational) Sacaranawa and Makichi
- Juggling Extraordinary – Catchenoski
- Drawing room entertainment – Torakitchi, Coo-ma-kitchi, Ro-go-zo
- Pedal Balancing – Bungaro, Tatshebana, Ro go zo
- Balancing Extraordinary – Catchenoski
- Invisible Wire walker – Torakitchie
1873 September – Great Asiatic Troupe of Europeans and Siamese – Australia. 13 in number. Scchi Mankichi slack rope ascensionist added to line up. Makichi, Shezunoski, Yuakitchi, Cozo – contortionists.
1873 October 20 – 18 members in Melbourne – from Crystal Palace and Alhambra “have arrived” – first appearance
1873 November King’s Siamese juvenile troupe, Hawata Catchenoski, Tatsheran Bangaro, To Ra Kitchi, Yanakawa Echosi, Sacchi Mankichi
1874 January – King and Anderson great combination troupe, Siamese and Asiatic, in Launceston Tasmania. Miss Sacranawa, Mr Dicenoski, Hawata Catchenoski, Tatsheran Bangaro, To Ra Kitchi
1874 Royal Tycoon Troupe tour Australasia, appearing as the Great Siamese and Asiatic Circus in New Zealand with Echowsi (Yanagawa Itchōsai/Chōshichirō), To Ra Kitchee (Hoshino Torakichi), Catshenoski (Awata Katsunoshin), Bungaro (Suzuki Bunjirō), Mankichi (Sakai Manjirō), Dickenorski (Sakuragawa Rikinosuke) and seven of the wonders of the world, bending contortionists Makichi (female? Mume), Coo Ma (Kondō Kikutarō), Itchi (Suzuki Ichitarō), Eva (Togawa Iwakichi), Co Zo/Co To/Scho (Igarashi Hikotarō/Hikojirō), Ce Je (Shizu), Chotaw (Nishida Chotarō). Then as King’s Royal Tycoon Troupe when they returned to Australia in August 1874. King attempts to sell his contracts with the troupe to Borthwick.
1875 January – Royal Tycoon Troupe of Japanese performers, Melbourne
1875 January – Thomas King director of the Asiatic Circus and Tycoon Troupe in Melbourne is declared insolvent
1875 April – Itchōsai returns to Japan from Australia, presumably with daughters Mume and Shizu. Other performers extend their contracts with King.
1875 Royal Tycoon Troupe stays with Borthwick in Australia until September, then Bungaro, Itchi, Scho, Mankitchi and Cooma Kitchi reengaged with Borthwick’s Asiatic Circus until December 1876 (according to Sissons).
1876 May – Royal Tycoon Troupe in Australia renames as Mikado Troupe – Bungaro, Mankitchi. Mr A King is interpreter (Alfred King – son or younger brother of Thomas King)
1877 April – Tycoon Troupe of Japanese in Melbourne, Australia.
1877 May – Ridge’s Royal Tycoon Circus Japanese Troupe in Sydney with Decenoski, Bungaroo, Master Nar infant Japanese wonder, Mankitchi (wire), Chotaro trapezist, Schoson and Itchi in their great bending act, Cooma, Ritchi, Lauckyour, Cauzor
1877 July – Ridge’s Royal Tycoon Circus at Grafton, Australia with Decenoski, Mr Bungaroo, Master Mar, Mankitchi, Schotaro, Itchi, Cooma Ritchie, Master Schoe
1877 September – Ridge’s Royal Tycoon Circus including “the original Tycoon Troupe of Japanese” – Australia
1878 February-April – Royal Tycoon Circus in Queanbeyan, Goulburn, Yass NSW
1878 May/June – Bungaro, Chotaro, Mankichi, Schoson, Itche last appearances with Ridge’s Royal Tycoon Circus. Become part of Great Asiatic Troupe, with Bungaro as proprietor.
1878 June – June 1879 – Ridge’s Royal Tycoon Troupe of Japanese perform in Australia
1880 February – last mention of Royal Tycoon troupe in Australia until March 1883
1883 March – Royal Tycoon Troupe of Japanese tumblers appear at Benhamo’s circus in Brisbane. Bunjaroo, Itche, Coma, Schoe, and Francese. Bunjaroo is the father of the other four.
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