Eric EndowLocated in the Japanese American National Museum in L.A., the Ireicho contains the names of 125,284 people of Japanese descent - many being U.S. citizens, who were removed from their homes and unjustly sent to 75 detention centers and prison camps throughout the western United States. (https://www.janm.org/exhibits/ireicho)
Surrounding the Ireicho are wooden markers with the detention center and incarceration site names and glass jars containing soil samples from all 75 sites. #ireicho #janm
Ireichō | Japanese American National Museum
Irei: National Monument for the WWII Japanese American Incarceration is a multi-faceted project to address the erasure of the identities of individuals of Japanese ancestry who experienced wartime incarceration and to expand the concept of what monument is through three distinct, interlinking elements: a sacred book of names as a monument (Ireicho), a website as a monument (Ireizo), and light sculptures as monuments (Ireihi).