Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Peony Botan Kg633 shoyusashi 7 cm wide x 17

7 cm wide x 17 cm tall

Relief of phoenix motif on the side

It can be used for sitting

The inside frame is stained a natural bamboo

Packed weight: 741 grams

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Peony Botan Kg633 shoyusashi 7 cm wide x 17Vintage 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