Ki no Tomonori

Ki no Tomonori (紀友則 ki (no) tomonori, c.850–c.904) was an early Heian waka poet of the court, a member of the sanjūrokkasen (the thirty six poetic sages). He was a compiler of the kokinshū, though he certainly did not see it to completion as the anthology includes an eulogy to him composed by Ki no Tsurayuki, his colleague in the compilation effort. Ki no Tomonori is the author of several poems in the kokinshū, and a few of his poems appear in later official collections. A collection of his poems from various sources appeared as the tomonori shū.