'''Hanaya Yohei''' (華屋与兵衛 or 花屋與兵衛; 1799-1858) is generally credited as the inventor of today's Tokyo-style (''Edo-mae''; 江戸前) ''nigiri'' sushi (hand-formed sushi) at the end of Japan's Edo period.

Sushi at his time was made from freshly captured fish from the nearby Tokyo Bay. This ru...(continue reading)