Ember & Vellum
We rescue forgotten cultural texts from the margins of history and make them beautiful, accessible, and impossible to ignore.
Coming 2026
“Rise early in the morning and go to bed early at night.”
Hojo Soun, Rule I
“Do not think that learning consists of reading words. Rather, make an effort to shift learning to practice.”
Hojo Soun, Rule IV
“Whether you are speaking formally or informally, you should be careful about what you say.”
Hojo Soun, Rule VIII
“Do not envy the good of others. Do not feel the suffering of others lightly.”
Takeda Nobushige, Ninety-Nine Articles
Five Series. Centuries of Silence Broken.
The Warrior’s Code
Samurai house codes that governed life, death, and honor for 500 years.
Desert Voices
Tuareg poetry, Timbuktu manuscripts, and wisdom from the Sahara’s edge.
Steppe & Sky
Kazakh folk tales and nomadic wisdom from the vast Central Asian grasslands.
The Mystic’s Shelf
Sufi parables, Hasidic tales, and contemplative traditions lost to time.
Lost Libraries
Texts that survived the burning of libraries, the fall of empires, and centuries of neglect.
First Release
The Twenty-One Rules of Hojo Soun
A 500-year-old samurai house code. Twenty-one rules for governing a life with discipline, clarity, and purpose. Written by a warlord who built a dynasty from nothing.
Translated. Annotated. Designed to outlast another five centuries.
“Rise early in the morning and go to bed early at night.”
Hojo Soun, Rule I
“Do not think that learning consists of reading words. Rather, make an effort to shift learning to practice.”
Hojo Soun, Rule IV
“Whether you are speaking formally or informally, you should be careful about what you say.”
Hojo Soun, Rule VIII
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