Even after soboshu passed its prime, some sake brewers inherited the brewing method of Nara temples, and these brewers continued to put this brand on the market of "kudarizake" (the sake transported from Kyoto & Osaka area down to Edo) also in the Edo period.
僧坊酒全盛の時代が終わってからも、奈良流の造り酒屋がその製法を引き継ぎ、江戸時代に入ってからもこのブランドで下り酒などの販路に乗せていた。