Dakotsu Iida

Dakotsu Iida(飯田 蛇笏)
Dakotsu Iida
Born	Takeji Iida (飯田 武治) (1885-04-26)April 26, 1885 Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan
Died	October 3, 1962(1962-10-03) (aged 77)
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	Japanese

Dakotsu Iida (飯田 蛇笏, Iida Dakotsu, 26 April 1885 – 3 October 1962) was a Japanese haiku poet from what is now part of the city of Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan. Commonly referred to as Dakotsu, his real name was Takeji Iida (飯田 武治, Iida Takeji). He trained under Kyoshi Takahama, and was a frequent contributor to such haiku journals as Hototogisu (magazine) and Unmo. He was chief editor of Unmo until his death, upon which his son, the prominent haiku poet Ryuta Iida, took over as the editor of Unmo.

Partial bibliography

• Sanro shū, (The Mountain Hat Collection, 1932)
• Reishi, (The Ten-Thousand-Year Mushroom, 1940)
• Shinzō, (The Mind’s Eye, 1947)
• Sekkyō, (Snow Gorge, 1951),
• Kakyō no kiri, (Fog and My Native Land, 1956).

References

• Marcombe Shiffert, Yūki Sawa: "Anthology of Modern Japanese Poetry", Neuauflage Tuttle Publishing, 1972, ISBN 978-0-8048-0672-5, S. 186
• Patricia Donegan: "Haiku Mind: 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart", Neuauflage Shambhala Publications, 2010, ISBN 978-1-59030-758-8, S. 172
• Yuzuru Miura: "Classic Haiku: A Master's Selection", Neuauflage Tuttle Publishing, 1991, ISBN 978-0-8048-1682-3, S. 34