Founded during the Bunan era (1444-1448) in the mid Muromachi period in Tofuku-ji Temple's 129th year; the seated statue of the main deity of veneration, Fudo Myoo (Important Cultural Property), thought to have been created by Jocho's father Kosho is said to have been the central deity of the Godaido (hall dedicated to the five guardian kings) that was established by FUJIWARA no Michinaga in old Hossho-ji Temple in 1006.
室町時代中期の文安年間(1444-1448)に東福寺第129世が開山した塔頭で、定朝の父・康尚の作といわれる本尊・不動明王坐像（重文）は、寛弘3年(1006年)に藤原道長が旧法性寺に建立した五大堂の中尊と伝える。