At the same time, Japanese sake is regarded as culture or craft products among some breweries, especially small or medium-sized breweries, and they call toji people shuzo-sakka (which literally means "an author of brewing") or shuzo-ka (which literally means "an artist of brewing") because they believe toji create sake as their own unique work as people sometimes say 'every person has a different talent, and every toji has his or her unique sake.'
いっぽう、これはむしろ中小の酒蔵に多いが、日本酒を一つの文化もしくは工芸品ととらえ、杜氏は「一人一芸、一杜一酒」と言われるほど独自な作品としての酒を造り上げていくものであるとの考えから、酒造作家（しゅぞうさっか）もしくは酒造家（しゅぞうか）と呼ばれることが多い、