On the other hand, in the early Edo period Japan had a technique which was later named as sake brewing in all seasons, and the sake were brewed five times throughout a year such as, new brew of sake, aishu (sake brewed in the middle season), kanmae-zake (also referred as kanmae-sake; sake brewed before winter), kanshu (sake brewed in winter) to haruzake (sake brewed in early spring).
いっぽう日本国内においては、江戸時代初期には、後世から四季醸造と名づけられる技術があり、新酒、間酒（あいしゅ）、寒前酒（かんまえざけ/かんまえさけ）、寒酒（かんしゅ）、春酒（はるざけ）と年に五回、四季を通じて酒が造られていた。