Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Mushrooms Kg481 lacquered basket Signature on the paper 六彩居

Signature on the paper 六彩居

Pigeon or dove design

Item weight: 467 grams

Traditional craft from Matsuyama

Vtg Japanese Porcelain Piggy Bank

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Mushrooms Kg481 lacquered basket Signature on the paper 六彩居Vintage 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