Hideyoshi passed away in 1598 before a ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue, and during the same year the service was held in Daibutsuden without Great Buddha.
慶長3年（1598年）、秀吉は大仏開眼供養を待たずに死去し、同年大仏のない大仏殿で開眼供養が行われた。