Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Crest Kg470 sunset For the boy's festival (May

For the boy's festival (May 5th)

39 cm long x 23 cm wide x 2 cm thick

Design: boatman

Rust on the iron parts

This is a Japanese traditional wooden instrument called a Shamisen

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Crest Kg470 sunset For the boy's festival (MayVintage Japanese Kashigata, Cake and Candy Mold This two piece kashigata mold is carved with a family crest. It can be used to make sweets or as an eye catching decorative item. 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