Tokyo · Kobe, since 1954
TASAKI
A Kobe pearl house that farms, sorts and drills its own Akoya pearls, then hands them to fashion designers to unsettle. Pearls in a level row on a gold bar, pearls caught in gold fangs, pearls sliced open to show their growth rings.
The conversation
TASAKI answering
M/G TASAKI after Akoya Cultured Pearl Strand, MIKIMOTO
M/G TASAKI slices the round pearl open, so the banded inside that the perfect strand hides becomes the ornament.
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balance after Akoya Cultured Pearl Strand, MIKIMOTO
Balance takes the matched Akoya of the strand and lines them up on a straight gold bar, level as a spirit gauge.
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danger after Akoya Cultured Pearl Strand, MIKIMOTO
Danger gives the most polite gem in the case fangs, horns and claws of gold.