Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Warabi Ferns Kg521 Tool 17 cm long x 11

17 cm long x 11 cm wide x 6 cm tall

Artist name paper on the back

This wood-carved mask represents a character with a sad face

Item weight:  193 grams

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Warabi Ferns Kg521 Tool 17 cm long x 11Vintage 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