Kaijin Akashi (Japanese: 明石 海人) was the pen name of Shōtarō Noda (野田勝太郎, 5 July 1901 – 9 June 1939), a Japanese poet whose writing was inspired by his diagnosis of leprosy and confinement to a leper colony.[1]
^"明石海人". デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus on kotobank.jp (in Japanese). 20 January 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2012.