Japanese Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Chrysanthemum Kiku Kg762 itoguruma Japanese paper chigiri-e art picture

Japanese paper chigiri-e art picture

Japanese Porcelain Lidded Bowl

Discoloration and scratches

5 cm long x 9 cm wide x 12 cm tall

Japanese Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Chrysanthemum Kiku Kg762 itoguruma Japanese paper chigiri-e art pictureVintage 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