poor-quality shochu is commonly called " kasutori " and it is completely different from kasutori shochu . 本来の粕取り焼酎とはまったく別な、粗悪焼酎に対する俗称である。
in the chaotic times after world war ii poor-quality shochu brewed illegally were on the market because of the lack of rice wine . 第二次大戦後の社会混乱期、酒不足の世相の中で粗悪な密造焼酎が出回った。
there is a proverb saying , ' a poor workman complains of his tools ,' implying that ' a person who has skills can write beautifully using any sort of brush ,' but it doesn ' t mean that people can use poor-quality brushes while learning calligraphy . 「弘法筆を択ばず」という噂俗言があるが、これは、「どんな筆でも立派に書き得るだけの力量がある」という意で、学書の時、どんな悪い筆を使ってもよいという意ではない。
this custom is found in the ban on use of poor-quality currency issued by the muromachi bakufu (japanese feudal government headed by a shogun ) in the early sengoku period (period of warring states ) (japan ), 1505 , saying (on the assumption that 96 cooper coins is considered as 100 mon ) all figures must be converted at 32 mon to one third of 100 mon , and such a custom was also called kurokusen ( " ku " means 9 , " roku " means 6 and " sen " means money ). その慣習は戦国時代 (日本)初期の永正2年（1505年）の室町幕府による撰銭令の中において、（銅銭96枚を100文とすることを前提として）100文の1/3を32文として換算する規定が見られ、こうした慣行を九六銭（くろくせん）とも呼んだ。
