Mikimoto

Mikimoto is a Japanese luxury jewelry house founded in 1893 by Kokichi Mikimoto in Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Kokichi Mikimoto is credited with creating the first cultured pearl in 1893 and subsequently developing the techniques for commercial pearl cultivation that transformed the global pearl industry. The company remains privately held. Mikimoto's contribution to the jewelry industry is fundamental: before the development of cultured pearls, natural pearls were among the rarest and most...

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