Pennueng Chemsripong
Acacia Destiny
Collection of Works
Callaghan College Jesmond Campus

Itaya HIROHARU (Japan, active circa 1820)
Night procession of one hundred goblins c.1828 (details: 3 panels)
Japan, Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615-1868
handscroll: ink and colour on paper, 29.5 x 600.0cm
Collection: Art Gallery of NSW. Purchased with funds provided by the Asian Collection Benefactors Program 1995
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I wanted to create interesting, entertaining stories. My affiliation with manga (Japanese comics) was established early in my life. Acacia Destiny is not my first manga; I have also produced a webcomic (www.BlueBuster.net). I truly enjoyed producing this and the responses I have received. My life's goal is to become a successful manga artist!
- Pennueng Chemsripong

FRAMING QUESTION

Compare the relationship between the works including the contemporary manga style work Acacia Destiny and the ancient tradition of story telling in Japanese art and history as seen in this painted scroll. Scrolls such as this can be traced as early forms of the Japanese cartooning tradition; consider how both works convey humorous narratives of drama, violence and entertainment.