Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Sweet Wagashi Peony Leaf Botan Kg547 animals 12 cm tall x 8

12 cm tall x 8

It has a medium to large size

Chips on the lid and on the top of the bowl

Some backing fraying at edges

Antique Japanese Copper Sake Cup War Commemorative

Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Sweet Wagashi Peony Leaf Botan Kg547 animals 12 cm tall x 8Vintage 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