The Miki no Tsukasa (the office in charge of the brewing of sake and vinegar) brewed sake at the Imperial Court in and after the Asuka period, and the sakabe (the section in charge of sake brewing) still had some female personnel at that time, but sake brewing gradually became a men's job as time went by.
やがて朝廷の日本酒の歴史朝廷による酒造り（みきのつかさ）において酒が造られていた日本酒の歴史朝廷による酒造りにも、日本酒の歴史朝廷による酒造りにはまだ女性も含まれていたが、時代を下るにつれ酒造りはしだいに男性の仕事になっていった。