Study about the Characteristics of “Hakkei” the Famous Scenes in Osaka Prefecture

Abstract

“Hakkei” is to chose eight points in the good place of the scenery and make the poetry.“Shosho Hakkei” made in China was the beginning. In Osaka, view points and shrines and temples were chosen in the Edo Period former term, but the shrines and temples and teahouses were chosen in the latter term. In the Meiji Period, places where Western influences were seen were chosen, then the person of the Taisho Period yearned for the poetry which drew sights around Osaka castle at the end of the Edo Period. In the Osaka Prefecture, “Sumiyoshi Hakkei” contained region of Sakai, so it changed in “Sakai Hakkei”.“Sayama Hakkei” was chosen by a painter of the Edo Period and “Fukeiro Jyukkei” was made by a cultured person in Higashi Osaka.
Hakkei was popular in Japan because there was admiration against the Chinese culture. And the rich meaning of the kanji was used to look for elegance. But the beauty of the construction of the scenery is taken seriously by selection of modern Hakkei.