Tobias "Theo" Leendert Bamberg (1875 - 1963), was a professional magician. Born in Holland, Bamberg performed under the name "Okito" which was an anagram of Tokio. As a young boy, Bamberg nearly drowned while ice skating. The accident left him almost completely deaf and as a result he performed entirely in pantomime. In 1893, Bamberg created his first Japanese-style act in Berlin at the young age of eighteen. Wikipedia
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