Although he continued the solicitation campaign in Saigoku (western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki)), he died in Edo in 1705, before the celebration of the construction of Daibutsu-den.
その後も西国に勧進を継続したが、大仏殿の落慶を見ずに1705年（宝永2年）に江戸で没した。