Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Sweet Wagashi Large Madai Fish Kg604 thick Item weight: 816 grams

Item weight:  816 grams

Design: Bodhidharma Daishi

Center hole prone to flaking

made of soft kimono cloth in a mute red

Kanji reading: Zosui matsuri Yogo Shinmei jinja

Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Sweet Wagashi Large Madai Fish Kg604 thick Item weight: 816 gramsVintage 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