• in ancient Greece, small bowls, such as pateras, were used for libations?

Facts on topics related to Libation

Samurai

• Franco-Japanese relations were initiated by the 1615 visit of the Japanese samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga to the city of Saint-Tropez in Southern France?
• Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae, a manga about a blind samurai, won the 1968 Shogakukan Manga Award?
• in the 1869 Battle of Hakodate in Japan, French soldiers fought side-by-side with rebel samurai against the newly formed Imperial government, in an episode reminiscent of the movie The Last Samurai?
• in the Sakuradamon incident in 1860 (pictured), Japan's pro-foreign Chief Minister Ii Naosuke was assassinated by xenophobic samurai?
• the Kikuchi samurai clan was descended from the royal family of the Korean kingdom of Baekje?