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Jeweler Mikimoto displays pearl and diamond-studded biwa

October 09, 2007

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On Friday, luxury jeweler K. Mikimoto & Co., Ltd. exhibited a pearl and diamond-studded biwa lute at its main store in Tokyo. The instrument is a replica of an ancient five-string biwa made of red sandalwood and covered with a mother-of-pearl lamina.

Mikimoto’s version of the Raden Shitan no Gogen Biwa has 6,284 pearls embedded in the back of the instrument and 4,408 diamonds adorning its body, which is also made of red sandalwood. Although Mikimoto’s lute is not for sale, it is valued at 500 million yen.
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