Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Mon Crest Kg497 setsubun Bell weight 56 grams

Bell weight 56 grams

3 cm wide x 8

3 cm wide x 6 cm tall

and year of birth engraved on the tablet

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Mon Crest Kg497 setsubun Bell weight 56 gramsVintage 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