It was in the Genroku era when the world was peaceful and public morals were corrupted, and statesmen regarded the common people's intoxication with sake as illicit and intended to crack down on such behavior.
ときは元禄太平の世で風紀が乱れ、庶民が酒に酔いしれるのは不届きである、といった為政者からの引き締めであった。