Past Perfect: Mikimoto's Pearl and Diamond Tiara
JCK-Mar. 28, 2017
Launched in 1908, the Mikimoto Pearl product catalog was published until 1938; several issues are archived and today provide valuable ...
Travel to the Birthplace of Pearls
Smithsonian-Dec. 30, 2016
A showman and promoter, Mikimoto took cultivated pearls to the world ... who directs the Mikimoto Pearl Island Museum, tells Smithsonian.com.
From princesses to pop stars, why we've taken a shine to PEARLS
Daily Mail-Jul. 25, 2018
At the turn of the century Japanese entrepreneur Kokichi Mikimoto invented a way of placing irritants into oysters to make 'cultured' pearls.
Pearls - the Queen of Jewels
Financial Chronicle (press release) (blog)-Apr. 18, 2018
Before Mikimoto's discovery, pearls of any size or quantity were only for the fabulously wealthy and were mainly collected by royal families around the world.