Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Minogame Turtle Kg608 onyx a Kabuki lion

a Kabuki lion

Crack between the head and the shade

Packed weight: 1296 grams

Comes with a wooden box: A wood case with an inside lined with yellow felt

and "KAMEI GLASS" products are often treated as antiques in famous overseas galleries

Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Minogame Turtle Kg608 onyx a Kabuki lionVintage 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