Ton'a


Ton'a, also read as Tonna; lay name - Nikaidō Sadamune 二階堂貞宗. A Japanese Buddhist poet, student of Nijō Tameyo. Ton'a took a tonsure at Enryaku-ji Temple, but was later associated with the Ji sect 時宗. He looked up to Saigyō's poetic genius. Here are two of his most well-known poems: