Dakotsu Iida

{{short description|Japanese poet}}

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{{Infobox writer

| name = Dakotsu Iida({{lang|ja|飯田 蛇笏}})

| image = Iida Dakotsu.JPG

| alt =

| caption = Dakotsu Iida

| pseudonym =

| birth_name = Takeji Iida ({{lang|ja|飯田 武治}})

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|04|26}}

| birth_place = Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1962|10|03|1885|04|26}}

| death_place =

| occupation = Poet

| nationality = Japanese

| notableworks =

}}

{{nihongo|Dakotsu Iida|飯田 蛇笏|Iida Dakotsu|extra=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 {{nihongo|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 {{Wikidata fallback link|Q17222729}}. 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.