Katsumoto successively reported the selection of the inscription, the doshi (master priest) of the ceremony to consecrate the Great Buddha, the date and time of the ceremony and so on, however, on July 29 (the old calendar) when the framework was nearly completed, Ieyasu postponed the ceremony, saying through Masazumi HONDA that there were ill-omend phrases in the bonsho inscription.
且元は駿府の家康への銘文の選定や大仏開眼供養の導師や日時の報告などを逐次行い上棟は間近であったが、7月29日(旧暦)、家康は家臣の本多正純を通じて、梵鐘銘文の文中に不吉な語句があるとして、大仏供養を延期させた。