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。