The Art Of Gaman: Arts And Crafts From The Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946

“Gaman” is a Japanese word that means bearing the seemingly unbearable with dignity and patience—the perfect descriptor of the furniture, tools, toys, musical instruments and other arts and crafts handmade by the ethnic Japanese who were forced into America’s internment camps shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. More than 120 objects were loaned from former internees or their families.

Organized by curator Delphine Hirasuna, with advisory support from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.