Japanese pearls

Kobe, Hyogo, the City of Pearls, is renowned for its processing of pearls. We’ll guide you into the world of pearls in Kobe where you can learn about the origin, culturing, and processing of pearls and the people that sustain the local industry.

For nearly two thousand years, Japanese women living in coastal fishing villages made a remarkable livelihood hunting the ocean for oysters and abalone, a sea snail that produces pearls. They are known as Ama, and if you've dipped into Messy Nessy's archives, you will have already met the few ladies

Suzuribako (Writing Box). Design by Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942). Lacquer by Kamisaka Yukichi (1886 – 1938). Japanese black lacquer writing box with inserts in pewter and mother of pearl decorated with camellias. All the lacquers decorated by Kamisaka Sekka were made by his brother, Kamisaka Yukichi.

Coral, gold and pearl vintage Japanese carved fish pin

JAPANESE MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID LACQUER INRO, 19TH CENTURY With a jade stopper and carved lacquer netsuke. Dimensions: Height 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm.)

Cultured freshwater pearls from Japan's Lake Kasumi ga Ura Japan Kasumi pearls are cultivated in a hybrid freshwater mussel, which is a cross of the Hyriopsis cumingii / Hyriopsis schlegelii species. The sizes of the pearls range from 9-13mm, although most are between 10-12mm. Baroque pearls from this production o

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Japanese Mother of Pearl Hairpin, ca. Showa period via Creative Museum

Annabel Davidson on Instagram: "Oh my lord I cannot unsee this….Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) lacquer box in the Shibayama style made of hundreds and hundreds of carved flowers of mother of pearl and coral and jade and tortoiseshell and maybe ivory 😬 in the @royalcollectiontrust - this one was a gift to Queen Mary from her son and his wife. Googling “intensive Japanese carving course” NOW 🌸🌸🌸"