The last certification of ordination records to include the name 'Hossho-ji Temple' took place in 1562 and references to the temple disappear from historical records after 1571 when the Emperor made a command forbidding Hossho-ji from being dispossessed of its land.
永禄5年（1562年）を最後に法勝寺名義の戒牒が途絶え、元亀2年（1571年）に法勝寺領押領を禁じる綸旨が出されたのを最後に記録から姿を消す。