ningyo-yaki Iswiti yaseJapan eyenziwe ngekeyiki ngokuzaliswa kwe-anko kasutera Luhlobo lwekhekhe elibhakiweyo elalivela ePortugal, kodwa laphuhliswa kuphela eJapan.
UNingyo-yaki wazalwa ngexesha leMeiji kwi i-ningyochoight, idolophu ebizwa ngembali yayo njengesixeko semidlalo yeqonga, apho iithiyetha ezininzi ezincinci ezibonisa imiboniso yoonodoli zenziwa ngexesha le-Edo. Kwinkcubeko yemveli yaseNingyo-yaki, ukumila kweShichifukujin (oothixo abasixhenxe bethamsanqa) kunye neepopu zebunraku zisetyenzisiwe ekwenzeni kwabo njengamanani kwiikeyiki.
Kwaye kwiivenkile zaseAsakusa zaqala ngabo bafunda ukwenza i-Ningyo-yaki e-Ningyocho, iikeyiki zibunjwe zaba ziimpawu zeendawo zaseAsakusa, ezinje ngesango laseKaminarimon kunye nepagoda enemigangatho emihlanu. Ezinye iivenkile kwisitalato iNakamise eAsakusa zisabonisa inkqubo yokwenza i-Ningyo-yaki phambi kwabathengi.
Iresiphi ibandakanya intlama eyenziwe ngomgubo wengqolowa, iqanda kunye neswekile kwaye iphekwe kwisikhunta ngokwesiko esimile komnye woothixo abasixhenxe bethamsanqa okanye isibane seKaminari-mon eAsakusa, kodwa mva nje kukwakho nezo zimile njengophawu loopopayi abathandwayo .