Present-day variety of nigirizushi (握り寿司), consisting of an oblong mound of rice that has a slice of fish draped over it, grew to become well-liked in Edo (present-day Tokyo) within the 1820s or 1830s. 1 popular Tale with the origin of nigirizushi origins is from the chef Hanaya Yohei (1799–1858), who invented or perfected the method in 1