Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Mon Crest Kg497 setsubun There are 3 red stamps

There are 3 red stamps on it

3 cm wide x 6 cm tall

Mirror desilvering around edges

It has geometric patterns and features a large colored image of two blue birds and pink plum blossom flowers

3 cm wide x 8

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Mon Crest Kg497 setsubun There are 3 red stampsVintage 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