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The temple was reduced in some respects by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], but was maintained, and even rebuilt following a fire in the 1660s. However, at that time, the nails and brackets of the wooden Daibutsu were melted down, yielding, supposedly, 40 million ''[[currency|kanmon]]'' worth of metal. The Daibutsu was replaced with a bronze sculpture at that time, and the great Amida was returned to Zenkô-ji.

The temple was reduced in some respects by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], but was maintained, and even rebuilt following a fire in the 1660s. However, at that time, the nails and brackets of the wooden Daibutsu were melted down, yielding, supposedly, 40 million ''[[currency|kanmon]]'' worth of metal. The Daibutsu was replaced with a bronze sculpture at that time, and the great Amida was returned to Zenkô-ji.

The temple was spared in a fire which destroyed much of the city in [[1788]], but ten years later, in [[1798]], the Great Buddha Hall was struck by lightning, and was destroyed in the resulting fire, along with the Daibutsu within.<ref name=shogun/> Though extensive efforts were made to save the building, and the statue, with a chain of 10,000 people conveying buckets of water to put out the blaze, it was for naught in the end. On this terrible occasion, it is said that mysterious fireballs were seen in the skies over [[Edo]], and that one even landed in the garden of [[Matsudaira Sadanobu]].<ref name=shogun/> The temple was rebuilt, but the Daibutsu was not.

The temple was spared in the [[Great Tenmei Fire]], which destroyed much of the city in [[1788]], but ten years later, in [[1798]], the Great Buddha Hall was struck by lightning, and was destroyed in the resulting fire, along with the Daibutsu within.<ref name=shogun/> Though extensive efforts were made to save the building, and the statue, with a chain of 10,000 people conveying buckets of water to put out the blaze, it was for naught in the end. On this terrible occasion, it is said that mysterious fireballs were seen in the skies over [[Edo]], and that one even landed in the garden of [[Matsudaira Sadanobu]].<ref name=shogun/> The temple was rebuilt, but the Daibutsu was not.

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