it was originally the sacred object of tamukeyama hachimangu shrine , the place for the shinto religion of todai-ji temple , but after separation of buddhism and shintoism in the meiji period , it was moved to todai-ji temple . この像は東大寺の鎮守である手向山八幡宮い（たむけやまはちまんぐう）の神体であったもので、明治の神仏分離に伴東大寺に移された。
after the zenkoku shinshu kanpyokai was held every spring and the national seishu competition was held every autumn , the seishu yeast which objectively received high prize there began to be distributed to sake brewers all over japan by the brewing society (present brewing society of japan ) after separation and pure culture . 全国新酒鑑評会が毎年春に、全国清酒品評会が秋に開かれるようになり、そこで高い順位を取るなどして客観的に優秀と評価された清酒酵母を、醸造協会（現在の日本醸造協会）が分離、純粋培養し、全国の酒蔵に頒布するという制度が成り立っていった。
" hashira-jochu " was one of the terms used for traditional manufacturing methods of sake (japanese rice wine ) that existed in the beginning of the edo period , which is to add shochu (distilled spirit ) or kasudori-shochu (shochu made from sake lees ) to moromi (unrefined sake ) or newly brewed sake after separation from lees by applying pressure . 柱焼酎（はしらじょうちゅう）とは、江戸時代初期に存在した日本酒の伝統的製法用語の一つで、焼酎や粕取り焼酎を、醸造する日本酒の日本酒醪や日本酒上槽した新酒に加える技法のこと。
