It was later rebuilt by Hideyori TOYOTOMI but was burnt to the ground in a fire caused by lightning in 1798 and was never again rebuilt on the same scale (please refer to the article entitled 'Great Buddha statues in Kyoto' for the course of events leading up to the destruction of the Great Buddha and the Great Buddha hall).
その後豊臣秀頼により再建されたが、寛政10年（1798年）に落雷による火災で焼失した後は同様の規模のものは再建されなかった（大仏および大仏殿の建造と焼失の経緯は「京の大仏」の記事を参照）。