Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Mon Crest Kg498 Copper White and brown lines

White and brown lines

a small pot and hanging stick for Irori

It is drawn by hand

Signature on the bottom side

Packed Weight: 826 grams

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Mon Crest Kg498 Copper White and brown linesVintage Japanese Kashigata, Cake and Candy Mold Japanese kashigata are hand carved wooden molds used to make higashi since the Edo period. Higashi is a broad category of wagashi (traditional Japanese sweets) and is a low moisture treat made with soybean flour or rice flour, fine sugar, and other ingredients. These materials are packed tightly into kashigata molds and dried to create beautiful designs and shapes. Many of these sweets can be found in