Japanese Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweets Wagashi Crane Tsuru Bird Kg785 large 8 cm long x 27

8 cm long x 27

a Buddhist temple located in Asakusa

are written on the body

The front panel has a character painted on it

Japanese Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweets Wagashi Crane Tsuru Bird Kg785 large 8 cm long x 27Vintage 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