1. Ton'a, also spelled as Tonna; lay name – Nikaidō Sadamune 二階堂貞宗. A Japanese Buddhist poet, student of Nijō Tameyo 二条為世. 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: naku semi no koe mo hitotsu ni hibikite matsu kage suzushi yama no takitsuse Crying cicadas are in one voice with the sound that reverberates – cool, in the shade of the pines – from a mountain cascade.
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