According to "Engishiki" (967) written about a century later, the major sake was thick, brewing rice and malt several times, which can be seemed as the origin of dan-jikomi (the three-stage preparation) in later ages.
それより約一世紀ほど新しい『延喜式』（967年）によれば、主に造られる酒質は米と麹を数回に分けて仕込む濃い味の酒になっており、後世の段仕込みの原型がすでにうかがわれる。