Modern sort of nigirizushi (握り寿司), consisting of the oblong mound of rice using a slice of fish draped over it, turned common in Edo (modern day Tokyo) inside the 1820s or 1830s. 1 popular Tale of the origin of nigirizushi origins is with the chef Hanaya Yohei (1799–1858), who invented or perfected the approach in 1824 at his store in Ry�