Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Flowers Kg555 dark brown This vintage Japanese ema plaque

This vintage Japanese ema plaque features a white horse with a black outline and white and red flowers

5 cm wide x 29 cm tall x 4 cm thick

愛知県犬山市 city of Inuyama

Bottom silk piece and border peeling

This decorative fan features a subtle pastel rainbow with white foliage on the foreground and some calligraphy on the right

Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Flowers Kg555 dark brown This vintage Japanese ema plaqueVintage 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