Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Peony Botan Kg541 ikebana a metal spike to place

a metal spike to place a candle

Orange printing residue on backside

Quiver on the back is a little bit loose

14 cm wide x 9

while the other is campanula flowers (kikyo)

Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Peony Botan Kg541 ikebana a metal spike to placeVintage 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