After the Meiji Restoration, many beer brewing manufacturers joined the liquor brewing industry, but the sake breweries and wholesale merchants of sake did not favor the appearance of beer which competed with their products.
明治維新とともに数多くのビール醸造メーカーも酒造業界に参入したが、酒造業者（酒蔵）と酒問屋は自分たちの商品と競合するビールの進出を好まなかった。