| In 1252, the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) promulgated Koshu no kin (a strict ban on the sale and purchase of sake) which had jars for brewing and destroyed stock, leaving only one jar in each sake brewery. |
建長4年（1252年）に幕府の出した沽酒の禁（こしゅのきん）は徹底しており、一軒につき一個のみを残して醸造・保管用の甕を破壊させた。 |