Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Apple Ringo Kg786 pachinko She sits on a wooden

She sits on a wooden platform covered in a plastic tatami-replica sheet

It was published in 1981 (Showa 56)

and brown with a lacquered wooden lid

and brown or gray glazed

Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Apple Ringo Kg786 pachinko She sits on a woodenVintage 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