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"Hakata-Hakkei" : The First "Hakkei (Eight Scenic Spots)" in Japan
  Though the name as "Ohmi-Hakkei" or "Kanazawa-Hakkei" is well-known as a set of 8 scenic spots ("Hakkei"), the earliest "Hakkei" in Japan is "Hakata-Hakkei" . Do you know it?
  In the late Kamakura era, chief priest of Shokuku-ji temple named Tettan Dousho (鉄庵道生,1262-1331) selected ８ scenic spots within Hakata-Bay area, and as a set of scenic spots, called them "Hakata-Hakkei". He composed as Chinese-style poem, Shichigon-zekku ("七言絶句" : a Chinese poem of four lines, each of seven characters). He quoted "Hakkei" from "Shoushou-Hakkei (湘瀟八景)"　that is selected in southern riverside district of Dotei-lake in China.

Mt. Atago-yama Is One of the "Hakata-Hakkei"
                                                               Selected by Tettan Dousho
 Eight scenic spots selected by Tettan Dousho in Chinese Poems 『純鐵集』(Dontetsu-shu) are figured in the following map : ①香椎暮雪(Kashii-Bosetsu), ②筥崎蚕市(Hakozaki-Sanshi), ③長橋春潮(Nagahashi-Syuncho), ④荘浜泛月(Shohama-Hangetsu), ⑤志賀独釣(Shika-Dokucho), ⑥浦山秋晩(Urayama-Shuban), ⑦一崎松行(Issaki-Shoko), ⑧野古帰帆(Noko-Kihan). The "浦山秋晩(Urayama-Shuban)" in them is the poem that composed the scenery of Atago-yama at dusk in late Autumn.
 
浦山秋晩　　　　　　 Urayama at dusk in late Autumn

三十年前貪勝槩　　Thirty years ago, I saw and devoured so many excellent scenic spots.
幾囘飛夢落烟巒　　Sometimes, I flew in dreams and fell on misty and peaceful summits.
而今老倒看圖盡  　And now, I become decrepit and already saw the ends of the earth.
兩鬢秋吹霜後山　　Autumn chilly wind blows to my side-locks, in the frosted mountain.
 
  This poem might be a lamentation of decrepit old figure of himself superimposing the scenery of Urayama(=Atago-yama) at dusk in late Autumn.
  This poem is thought to be the first description that Atago-yama is one of the excellent scenic spots(註).

Another "Hakata-Hakkei"
　鉄庵道生の博多八景とは別に、近世に入って、もう一つの「博多八景」が詠われました。1765年(明和2年)、津田元顧・元貫父子による『石城志(せきじょうし)』に載っています。実は、鉄庵道生の博多八景は禅の世界に留まっていて、この新しい博多八景のほうが世に広まったのでした。そこには浦山(愛宕山)は登場せず、代わりに太宰府周辺の山まで広がって選ばれています。
　新しく詠われた八景は、濡衣夜雨(ぬれぎぬやう)、箱崎晴嵐(はこざきせいらん)、分杉(わけすぎ＝若杉)秋月(しゅうげつ)、奈多落雁(なたらくがん)、博多帰帆(はかたきはん)、横岳晩鐘(よこたけばんしょう)、竃山暮雪(かまどやまぼせつ)、名島夕照(なしませきしょう)です。​