Welcome to the Academy of the Four Directions, a repository for information about the Medieval and Ancient world around the globe, targeted at those who would try to recreate it.

Resources:

• Europe
• Primary Sources
• Japan
• Sources for Pre-Edo Japan
• 掛軸 (Kakejiku): Japanese Hanging Scrolls
• Garb for Monks and Priests
• 紋 (Mon): Japanese Crests
• 蓑 (Mino): Straw Raincoats
• Japanese Huts
• Early Netsuke