The construction of Daibutsuden was begun in 1610; Ieyasu TOKUGAWA ordered the various nearby Daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) to support it and sent Masakiyo NAKAI, who was the carpenter, while he himself donated rice.
大仏殿の創建は慶長15年（1610年）から行われ、徳川家康も諸大名に扶持負担などを命じ、自身も米の供与や大工中井正清を送っている。