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	Kokichi MIKIMOTO The creator or " The pearl king "
Kokichi Mikimoto, the pearl king	Who is Mikimoto ? Back in 1893, Kokichi Mikimoto, the company's founder, was thevery first ever to develop a technique for culturing pearls. At the time of his invention, the emand for pearls worldwide was increasing. Mikimoto's vision and method greatly astonished jewellers and experts of the time and was a profound influence on the world of fashion.
The History of Cultured Pearls On 11 July 1893, Kokichi Mikimoto became the first person in the world to successfully culture a pearl,through his extensive study of how pearls are formed within oysters, he discovered that an oyster will cover any foreign object in its shell with nacre, the luminescent substance that forms a pearl. Mikimoto continued to experiment with different techniques to artificially implant a foreign object in oysters to stimulate the creation of pearls.	Insertion of a nucleus
Although Mikimoto's first cultured pearl was semi-spherical rather than perfectly round, the process set a precedent and Mikimoto was granted a patent by the Japanese government in 1896. After improving his cultivating and harvesting techniques, Mr Mikimoto was able to ship his products overseas, making cultured pearls one of the first successful export products for Japan.