Iida Dakotsu

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Iida Dakotsu

Iida Dakotsu ( Japanese 飯 田 蛇 笏 , real name: Iida Takeharu , ( 飯 田 武 治 ); born April 26, 1885 Higashi-Yatsushiro County (today: Fuefuki ) Yamanashi Prefecture ; † October 3, 1962 ) was a Japanese poet.

Iida came from a village near Mount Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture . He studied at Waseda University in Tokyo. In 1909 he returned to his hometown. He published the literary magazine Ummo and began writing under the stage name Sanro Haiku as a student of Takahama Kyoshi . In his poems he described the nature of his rural home. He published several volumes of poetry and was considered a modern basho in Japan .

Works

  • Sanro shu , 1932
  • Reishi , 1940
  • Shinzō , 1947
  • Sekkyō , 1951
  • Kakyō no kiri , 1956

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