Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Bamboo Shoot Kg531 turtle white stone: 22 mm wide

white stone: 22 mm wide x 9 mm thick

Four family members appear on the picture: a woman carrying a toddler in her arms

Packed weight 550 grams

5 cm width x 3 cm

9 cm long x 13 cm wide x 17 cm tall

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Bamboo Shoot Kg531 turtle white stone: 22 mm wideVintage 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 still be found