The Michiyukibun in which beauty spots of the Lake Biwa like the Eight Views at Omi appears was praised highly by Yukio MISHIMA, who said, 'the ultimate poem composed by Akinari.'
ここからの近江八景など琵琶湖の名所を巡る道行き文は三島由紀夫から「秋成の企てた窮極の詩」と激賞されている。