Accordingly, sake made from rice turned into something disorderly, resulting in widespread of yami zake (illegal sake) or diluted sake such as Kingyoshu (a type of diluted sake described cynically because it is weak enough to let gold fish live in) which was produced by adding water to increase the volume.
そのため米を原料とする酒も秩序のないものへと化していき、水を入れて量だけ増した金魚酒に代表される闇酒や薄め酒が横行するようになった。