Because of the continuous good harvest during the early period of the Horeki era (1751 to 1763), the bakufu promulgated the katte-zukuri decree (the deregulation policy to promote sake brewing) in 1754, and allowed the brewing of new sake.
宝暦年間初期は豊作が続いたため、幕府は宝暦4年（1754年）に勝手造り令を出し、新酒を造ることも許可した。