While the annals of vaudeville magic are chock full of Chinese and pseudo-Chinese practitioners, with Indian (and pseudo-Indian) being the second most numerous specialty, one encounters very few Japanese. The most famous of these was Ten Ichi (Tenichi Shokyokusai Hattori, 1852-1912). His most influential innovation was called “Water Fountains”, a trick where whatever he touched [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:04AM on December 12, 2012