Sake breweries developed in Kyoto City but soboshu, made by temples which quietly continued brewing sake without being bothered by worldly complication, was more highly-esteemed as merchants in town began to fight over the market as in the case of Bunan no Koji Sodo (Riot caused by rice malt sellers in the Bunan era).
京都市中に造り酒屋などが発生したが、文安の麹騒動のように市中の商人同士で商圏をめぐって争いごとが起こると、そうした俗世の混乱とは無縁に淡々と酒造りを続ける僧坊酒がさらに評価を高めることになった。