@article{oai:geitan.repo.nii.ac.jp:00001578, author = {Nootbaar, Julie Joy and Nootbaar, Julie Joy}, journal = {大分県立芸術文化短期大学研究紀要, Bulletin of Oita prefectural College of Arts and Culture}, month = {Mar}, note = {These notes on current research into Charles A. Longfellow (1844-1893) in Meiji Japan reflect primarily the survey and analysis of Longfellow’s journals which he kept during his travels to Japan and are now held in the archives of the Longfellow House in Cambridge, Massachusetts. These notes focus first on Charles’s childhood and the Boston society in which he was brought up, including his life as the son of the poet and his relationship with his father and mother. Next, these notes explore how other influences around Charley, including the many prominent friends and acquaintances of his father Henry, such as friends Charles Sumner and Bayard Taylor, neighbor Richard Henry Dana, Jr., relative Rear Admiral George Henry Preble, and fellow Harvard Professor Raphael Pumpelly, may have had helped lead Charley to become interested in world travel and specifically travel to Japan. Finally, focus is placed on how Charley’s standing as the son of the prominent Henry Longfellow may have shaped his experiences in Japan, and what can be learned through his candid account of his travels.}, pages = {195--211}, title = {Notes on Current Research into Charles A. Longfellow in Meiji Japan: An Examination into the Background Circumstances and Significance of the Travels of H.W. Longfellow’s Son to Late 19th Century Japan}, volume = {55}, year = {2018} }