Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Temari Ball Kg519 olive green villagers carved rocks to protect

villagers carved rocks to protect them from evil

Brown line around the edge

Item weight: 554 grams

Set of 10 colored plates and 6 blue and white plates

Japanese bamboo flower vase

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Temari Ball Kg519 olive green villagers carved rocks to protectVintage 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 still be found