Japanese Wood Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Takenoko Bamboo Shoot Kg749 Kobayashi Issa Designs inconsistent

Designs inconsistent

The shunga depict love scenes of ordinary people in the Edo era

Nagoya Castle is one of the main tourist locations in the city

It features a white snake painted on an ema wooden plaque with black bamboo leaves on the background

Japanese Wood Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Takenoko Bamboo Shoot Kg749 Kobayashi Issa Designs inconsistentVintage 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