Clateau was a French non-commissioned officer of the 19th century, a
quarter-master and a cannonry specialist.
With the advent of the
Boshin War
The , sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a clique seeking to seize political power in the name of the Imperi ...
, and the declaration of neutrality of foreign powers, Clateau chose to resign from the French Army and continue the fight on the side of the
Bakufu.
He participated to the
Naval Battle of Miyako
The was a naval action on 6 May 1869, in which samurai loyalists of the former Tokugawa shogunate under the flag of the newly formed Republic of Ezo failed to take over the , the flagship of the Imperial forces of the new Meiji government. It wa ...
, in which he was in charge of the cannonry on board the steam warship
''Banryū''.
After the conflict, Clateau set up a Hotel-Restaurant in the area of
Tsukiji in
Tokyo, and a second one in
Yokohama.
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Land of fire
People of the Boshin War
French military personnel
French expatriates in Japan
19th-century French people