Funda-in Temple was founded between 1321 and 1324 by Kanpaku (chief advisor to the emperor) Uchitsune ICHIJO who named as kaisan (founding priest) Jozan Sozen, the dharma grandson of Tofuku-ji Temple kaisan Enni (Shoichi kokushi).
元亨年間(1321年～1324年)に時の関白であった一条内経(うちつね)が東福寺開山・円爾（聖一国師）の法孫にあたる定山祖禅(じょうざんそぜん)を開山として創建。