Hideyori TOYOTOMI, who was the son of Hideyoshi, succeeded his father and attempted the reconstruction of Great Buddha in copper with Katsumoto KATAGIRI as the leader, but the Buddhist statue melt due to an error by the caster and Daibutsuden was caught in a blaze in December 1602.
秀吉の子豊臣秀頼が遺志を継ぎ、片桐且元を中心に今度は銅製で大仏の再建を行ったが、慶長7年（1602年）11月、鋳物師の過失による仏像が融解して出火し、大仏殿は炎上した。