I-Ningyo-yaki Unguswidi waseJapan owenziwe ngekhekhe ngokugcwaliswa kwe-anko kasutera okuwuhlobo lwekhekhe elibhakiwe elalivela ePortugal ekuqaleni, kodwa lakhula kuphela eJapan.
UNingyo-yaki wazalwa ngesikhathi seMeiji ku i-ningyochoight, idolobha eliqanjwe ngomlando walo njengedolobha lemidlalo yaseshashalazini, lapho kwakwenziwa khona izinkundla zemidlalo yaseshashalazini eziningi ezazikhombisa imibukiso yonodoli ngesikhathi se-Edo. KuNingyo-yaki wendabuko, ukuma kukaShichifukujin (onkulunkulu abayisikhombisa benhlanhla) kanye nonodoli be-bunraku kusetshenzisiwe ekwenzeni kwabo njengezibalo zamakhekhe.
Futhi ezitolo zase-Asakusa ezaqalwa yilabo abafunda ukwenza i-Ningyo-yaki e-Ningyocho, amakhekhe abunjwa abe yimilo yezimpawu zendawo e-Asakusa, njengesango laseKaminarimon kanye ne-pagoda enezitezi ezinhlanu. Ezinye izitolo ku-Nakamise Street e-Asakusa zisakhombisa inqubo yokwenza i-Ningyo-yaki phambi kwamakhasimende.
Iresiphi ifaka inhlama eyenziwe ngofulawa kakolweni, iqanda noshukela futhi iphekwe kwisikhunta ngokwesiko esinesimo somunye wonkulunkulu abayisikhombisa benhlanhla noma ilambu leKaminari-mon e-Asakusa, kepha muva nje kukhona nalabo ababunjwe njengabalingiswa bezithombe ezithandwayo .