Keibun Ōta

• Name — Keibun Ōta おおた 慶文 • Birth Name — Yoshifumi Ōta 太田 慶文 • Born — 10 November 1951 • Birthplace — Haboro, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan • Known for — Illustration • Awards — Best Work Award (1981, 1st Poetry and Fairy Tale Illustration Contest) 12th Sanrio Fine Arts Award (1986)

Ōta was born in Haboro, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan on 10 November 1951. He graduated from Hokkaido Bifuka High School. After moving to Tokyo to work as a freelance interior designer, he taught himself to paint and began doing work as an illustrator. In 1981, he won the Best Work Award at the 1st Poetry and Fairy Tale Illustration Contest sponsored by Sanrio. He won the 12th Sanrio Fine Arts Award in 1986. In 1992, Ōta held his first series of exhibitions at department stores in every major city in Japan. This has become a regular event since then. He held a nationwide exhibit tour at five locations throughout Japan in 1995. Due to over 600,000 people attending the exhibits, the exhibit had to be extended to accommodate the additional attendees. Ōta established his home page in 2000 for the 20th anniversary of his professional debut. In 2001, he held an exhibit at the Yokohama Sogō Fine Arts Gallery, and in 2002, exhibits were held at the Sakai Takashimaya and Matsuyama Takashimaya department stores.

Keibun Ōta is recorded with the occupation illustrator. Recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded as a citizen of Japan. Classed in the genre portrait.

• Hidamari, (1983, Sanrio) • Komorebi, (1983, Sanrio) • Ano Ko, (1985, Hakusensha) • Okurege wa Kaze no Katachi, (1986, Sanrio) • Soshite, (1987, Hakusensha) • Hatsukoi, (1988, Sanrio) (1995 reissue, Sanrio) • Kaze no Labyrinth, (1989, Hakusensha) • Maebure no Kiza, (1989, Sanrio) (1994 reissue, Sanrio) • Midori no Silhouette, (1991, Hakusensha) • Hikarete, (1991, Sanrio) • Four Seasons, (1991, Pinpoint) (1998 reissue, Sanrio) • Kitto, (1992, Hakusensha) • Yubikiri, (1992, Sanrio) • Kazeiro no Kuchizuke, (1993, Sanrio) • Freelance, (1995, Movic) • Yumegatari, (1995, Sanrio) • Hanazakari, (1997, Sanrio) • Yakusoku, (1998, Hakusensha) • Pianissimo, (2004, Aiikusha) Sources:

• The World of Keibun Ōta (Macintosh/Windows hybrid, 1995-04-18, Lits Compute)