Work by imprisoned artists went on show at the home of US Ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, who described the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans as a “shameful” chapter in his country’s history.
In an ink illustration, two siblings clutch their worldly possessions — a few bags and suitcases bearing the label “13660.” The same digits are pinned to their clothing, denoting the number their family was assigned at the detention camp they are about to enter. Elsewhere, a watercolor painting shows rows of army-style barracks in the dead of winter, detainees trudging between them through the snow.
vice chair added, describing his family’s account. Visibly emotional as he spoke, Fujioka said that many of those incarcerated, including his mother, hoped their cooperation would “prove” their Americanness to their captors. Others pushed back against the executive order — perhaps most famously Fred Korematsu, who resisted incarceration and went into hiding before being captured and imprisoned.
President and CEO Ann Burroughs told CNN at the exhibition that the event offered “an opportunity to educate Japanese people about this extraordinarily dark period in American history… because it’s as much Japanese history as it is American history.” The artworks also serve to highlight the difficulties the incarcerated generation faced upon release after the camps were closed. Many had lost their homes and businesses while imprisoned, leaving them little to return to.
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