Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Lotus Root Kg488 zaru It contains a brass bowl

It contains a brass bowl with a wooden striker

17 cm long x 35 cm wide x 2 cm tall

Japanese ceramic statue

There is a sign for each yearand a full cycle is repeated after 12 years

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Lotus Root Kg488 zaru It contains a brass bowlVintage 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