An image from Irezumi, one of the productions that also features Baku Akae.
Baku Akae
April 22, 1933 — Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Baku Akae (赤江 瀑, April 22, 1933 – June 8, 2012) was a Japanese novelist. His novel Oedipus' Sword won the 1st Kadokawa Novel Award in 1974. -- Wikipedia