Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Lotus Root Kg488 zaru 17 cm long x 35

17 cm long x 35 cm wide x 2 cm tall

Japanese ceramic statue

It contains a brass bowl with a wooden striker

Japanese spinning top

Empress Jingu in red Kimono with white crane design

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Lotus Root Kg488 zaru 17 cm long x 35Vintage 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