Kokichi Mikimoto
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Kokichi Mikimoto was a Japanese entrepreneur and pearl farmer renowned for successfully cultivating the world’s first cultured pearls and founding the Mikimoto luxury pearl brand.
Observed surface forms (1)
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| Mikimoto | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
entrepreneur
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human ⓘ pearl farmer ⓘ |
| associatedBrand | Mikimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| business | production and sale of cultured pearls ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1858-01-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1954-09-21 ⓘ |
| developedTechnique | techniques for culturing pearls in oysters ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Mikimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
jewelry industry
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pearl cultivation ⓘ |
| founded |
Mikimoto (luxury pearl brand)
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Mikimoto Pearl Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Kokichi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokichi_Mikimoto ⓘ |
| industry |
jewelry
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luxury goods ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | decline of natural pearl oysters in his hometown ⓘ |
| knownFor | cultured pearls ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| legacy |
established Japan as a major center of cultured pearl production
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helped make pearls more affordable and widely available ⓘ |
| lifespan | 1858–1954 ⓘ |
| name | Kokichi Mikimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 御木本幸吉 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
developing the first commercially successful cultured pearls
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founding the Mikimoto pearl brand ⓘ |
| notableQuoteAttributed | I would like to adorn the necks of all women around the world with pearls. ⓘ |
| occupation |
entrepreneur
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industrialist ⓘ pearl farmer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan
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Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
achieved fully spherical cultured pearls in the early 20th century
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successfully cultivated hemispherical cultured pearls in the 1890s ⓘ |
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