IShiba Inu luhlobo lwenja yaseJapan yakudala. Ukwabizwa ngokuba nguShiba okanye uShiba Ken. UShiba uthetha "mncinci" kwaye "Inu" okanye "Ken" uthetha "inja" ngesiJapan. Abameli bembali yohlobo babencinci kakhulu kwaye babenemilenze emifutshane kuneesampuli zanamhlanje. Abalimi basezintabeni bazigcina njengezinja zasefama nokuzingela iinyamakazi ezincinane neentaka. Baye bakwazi ukuguquka ngokuzimeleyo kwezinye iintlanga kwaye batshintsha kancinci. Ngasekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-19, amaBritane eze neesethi zawo kunye nezalathisi kunye nawo. Ngenxa yoko, kumashumi ambalwa eminyaka, iShiba esulungekileyo yaba yinto enqabileyo. Olu hlobo luphantse lwatshabalala phantse kwiminyaka elikhulu eyadlulayo. Malunga no 1928 abafuyi bokuqala baqala ukuvuselela inzala kwaye baseka umgangatho osemthethweni ngo 1934. Kumazwe ngamazwe, iFCI imbalela kwiQela lesi-5 "Spitzer and Primitive Type" kwiCandelo 5 "Asian Spitz and Related Breeds".
Apha ngezantsi uya kufumana ezona tattoos zili-10 zibalaseleyo zeShiba Inu: