Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Warabi Fern Kg570 Beige Buddhist pagoda in Nara

Buddhist pagoda in Nara

Japanese Wooden Two-tiered Box Chahakibako

Item weight: 101 grams

Sticker on the side: Yakushiji kiln

especially on purple string

Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Warabi Fern Kg570 Beige Buddhist pagoda in NaraVintage 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