Jules Brunet
French advisor to Japan (1838-1911) · France · On the map · Died at 73
Jules Brunet was a French military officer who served the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War in Japan.
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The French military mission before its departure to Japan (1867). Brunet is seated in the front row, second from right
The French military advisers and their Japanese allies, c. 1868. Brunet is seated in front, second from left, turning towards shogunate officer Matsudaira Tarō
Jules Brunet in 1890
General Jules Brunet (center, hat in hand), Chief of Staff of the French Minister of War, 1898
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Originally sent to Japan as a horse artillery instructor with the French military mission of 1867, he refused to leave the country after the shōgun was defeated, and played a leading role in the separatist Republic of Ezo and its fight against forces of the Meiji Restoration. After the rebellion's defeat, he returned to France, fought in the Franco-Prussian War, later reached the rank of general of division, and worked for the Ministry of War.