The "shachi" were destroyed by fire during World War II. The second-generation golden "shachi" were cast in the Osaka Mint and transported to the castle in March 1959 (Shōwa 39). Both "kinshachi" were lowered temporarily from atop the castle and displayed on the castle grounds briefly in September 1984 (Shōwa 59) for the Nagoya Castle Exhibition, and again from March 19 to June 19, 2005 (Heisei 17), at the site of the Expo 2005. They were restored to the top beam of the castle roof on July 9 of the same year.