Mikimoto Kōkichi creates the first cultured pearl in 1893, after seeding the oyster with a small amount of mother of pearl at his pearl oyster farm in Ago Bay. He also founded the cultured pearl industry with his firm Mikimoto.
Mikimoto Kōkichi creates the first cultured pearl in 1893, after seeding the oyster with a small amount of mother of pearl at his pearl oyster farm in Ago Bay. He also founded the cultured pearl industry with his firm Mikimoto.