Japanese Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Lotus Root Renkon Kg776 senkousashi [Bowl with lid] 9

[Bowl with lid] 9

Item weight: 223 grams

Coated with a lustrous black lacquer

Item weight: 500 grams

45 cm long x 49

Japanese Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Lotus Root Renkon Kg776 senkousashi [Bowl with lid] 9Vintage 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