Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Bamboo Kg499 Kutani 2 pockets (Top opens and

2 pockets (Top opens and the middle part opens)

Kanji on the shade seems his poet and the temple name

Kanji means: Hyakuji-Nyoi ( Everything goes well)

We got this item at an antique auction in Tajimi in Gifu

[Design] 7 cm x 4

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Bamboo Kg499 Kutani 2 pockets (Top opens andVintage 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