it is also known as utamakura (a place famed in classical japanese poetry ) for waka and saigyo ' s waka recorded in the " shinkokin wakashu " (new collection of ancient and modern japanese poetry ), ' it must be raining in akishino and villages in mountains , because mt . ikoma is covered with cloud ' and jien ' s waka recorded in the " shugyoku-shu " (collection of gathered jewels ), ' in the course of my trip , it is sad in autumn hearing voice of japanese deers and insects of akishino in the night ' are known as representative ones . また、和歌の歌枕としても著名であり、西行の『新古今和歌集』に採録された「秋篠や 外山の里や 時雨らむ 生駒の岳に 雲のかかれる」の歌や慈円の『拾玉集』に採録された「旅の空 秋ぞ悲しき 秋篠の 鹿と虫とに 枕並べて」の歌などが代表作として知られている。
