Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Shrimp Ebi Kg571 kanji 18 cm wide x 26

18 cm wide x 26 cm tall

Hand-crafted and a natural light brown color

Smiling old man with a beard

1 x 23 x 22 cm

Made of cast iron

Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Shrimp Ebi Kg571 kanji 18 cm wide x 26Vintage 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