The sake he used to drink was "Suishin" of Hiroshima, which Kaoru YAMANE, then the president of Suishin Brewery, kept sending to him free of charge under the Yamane's promise to present sake to Taikan for life,' a promise made when Taikan and Yamane came to know each other and found themselves to be on the same wavelength in the early Showa period.
飲んでいた酒は広島の『醉心』で、これは昭和初期に醉心酒造の社長・山根薫と知り合った大観が互いに意気投合し、「一生の飲み分を約束」した山根より無償で大観に送られていたものだった。