Japanese Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Buddhist Mon Crest Kg745 ikebana-basket This item features white agate

This item features white agate sphere stones with touches of red and metal caps on each hole

nowadays presented to tourists in some areas

Thumbtack marks

2 cm wide x 6

Japanese Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Buddhist Mon Crest Kg745 ikebana-basket This item features white agateVintage 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