Yamamoto Kosaburo b 1867 and Yamamoto Koyoshi b 1889 in Osaka.
1876 Kosaburo may have been the Yama Moto, a rope walker with the Original Tycoon Japanese Troupe in Britain – but would have been very young.
1879 Yama Moto performs as part of Walter Brown’s Oriental Wonders in Manchester. Possibly then went on tour with Walter Brown, staying on the continent.
1879 August – Yama Moto Komo Kichy in his great Japanese entertainment including slide for life. Ashton.
1879 September – Yama Moto late of the Royal Tycoon Troupe.
1892 Oko-mota juggler and Mr and Miss Yamamoto, magicians and cord dancers. Surabaya
1893 January – Oko Mota and Mr and Miss Yamamoto, Surabaya – The greatest Japanese Juggler OKO-MOTA and his wonderful feats with rifle and bayonet. The most amazing and wonderful tour of our time. The aforementioned company has recently committed MISS. YAMAMOTO. THE GREAT JAPANESE EQUILIBRIST
1894 tour San Francisco with a group of Kakubeejishi
1895 tour South America
1899 Europe – Italy, France
1901 April – Kosobro Yamamoto – Netherlands
1901 December – Casino Brestois
1902 August – Sweden
1902 November – Yamamoto et Koyoshi at Palace Music Hall, London
1902 December – Celebres Equilibristes Japonais. Palace Theatre, London. Agent—H. B. Marinelli
1903 March – Yamamoto and Koyoshi, the Japanese equilibrists, remain in the programme, and continue to meet with success. The couple have lost nothing of their wonderful daring and skill, and their feats make one hold one’s breath.
1903 August – Celebrated Japanese Equilibrists. The unique feats. Palais D’Ete, Brussels. Permanent Address—10, Rue Saulnier, Paris.
1904 February – The little lady has some terribly hard work to accomplish, but she was capital in her work, and was followed attentively
1904 May – Few feats require more absolute power of balancing than those of Yamamoto and Koyoshi, young Japanese equilibrists. On a slender pinnacle of bricks the lady performer raises herself on her hands, and by an inverse movement gradually brings her feet to the narrow support on which her hands rest. Next she slowly raises herself until she stands erect, and reverses the feat. The young performers are enthusiastically applauded.
1904 October – possibly at Nouveau Cirque in Paris as per headline postcard
1906 December – YAMAMOTO AND KOYOSHI Celebrated Japanese Equilibrists. Unique feats. Dec. 16-31, Odeon Theater, Wurzburg. Permanent Address—Rue D’Orsel 30, Paris.
1907 September – Sweden
1907 October Hamburg
1908 June – Yumamoto and Koyoshi, daring ladder act, Birkenhead
1908 September – Kosaburo Yamamoto (merchant), Masataro Nakagawa and Mrs Koyoshi sailed to New York from Glasgow on the Caledonian.
1910 became a troupe of 4 according to publicity photos, based in Paris.
1911 April – census – boarding at 64 & 65 St Martin’s Lane London, Kosabro Yamamoto 44, widow, Koyoshi Yamamoto Boarder, 21 Single, Masataro Nakagawa, 52 single, Sentaro Goto, 32 married, and Kyosaku Sato 25, single, all artiste, music hall.
1911 May – Edinburgh – the original celebrated Japanese artistes – one of the most marvellous acts ever seen and unique in their kinds – gorgeous Japanese full stage settings and costumes all of silk richly hand embroidered with gold, never seen before on any stage – King’s Theatre
1911 December – quaint description of Japanese life provided by O Hana-san and company
1919 February – France
1921 April – census – Kosabro Yamamoto, 54, widowed, equilibrist, music hall artist, employer and Koyoshi Yamamoto, born 1889 in Osaka, 32, daughter, equilibrist, music hall artist. 33 Milton Street Chorlton upon Medlock.
1924 March – France
1925 September – France
1927 February – last mention of Yamamoto and Koyoshi in British press – at Regent Theatre Great Yarmouth.
1928 July – France
1929 March – France
1930 February – France
1930 July – September – in the Netherlands
1930 December – Algeria
1931 Koyoshi falls five metres and breaks her shoulder. Retires from performing.
1953 February – Kosaburo Yamamoto dies aged 86 in France
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