Kumakhulu eminyaka eyadlulayo, uMlawuli waseTshayina kuthiwa uphe ezi zinja kuMlawuli waseJapan. I-Chin ngokungathandabuzekiyo inxulumene neentlobo ezimfutshane ze-China. EJapan yayigqalwa njengeNja yasePeking Palace eTshayina, yayinokugcinwa kuphela ngowona mgangatho uphakamileyo, yayihlala kwiindlwana zoqalo, ithwalwa ngemikhono ye<em>kimono yesilika, yaye yondliwa ngokutya kwemifuno.
Ngo-1853, uCommodore Perry wafumana isibini njengesipho, awathi wasinika uKumkanikazi othanda inja uVictoria. Isibini sokuqala esinyulu safika eJamani ngo-1880 njengesipho esivela kwi-Empress yaseJapan ku-Empress Auguste.
I-Chin yasekuqaleni yayinkulu kunokuba siyayazi namhlanje kwaye yaba yincinci eNgilani, mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuwela uKumkani uCharles Spaniels. IiChin zaseJapan zingabantu abonwabileyo, abanengqondo ephangaleleyo, bayakwazi ukuzivumelanisa nezimo kwaye bayadlala ukuya ebudaleni, kwaye bayathanda ukuhamba uhambo olude.