Collective conflict occurred between those who made a new entry to the sake brewing industry without sakekabu, or mukabumono, and those who had brewed sake with sakekabu for long, or kabumochi.
醸造業界へ新規参入した、酒株を持たない者、すなわち無株者（むかぶもの）たちと、昔から酒株を持ち酒造りをしてきた者、すなわち株持ちたちの間で集団的な軋轢（あつれき）が生じた。