Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Ebi Shrimp Kg528 obon Item weight: 111 grams

Item weight: 111 grams

Turtle with long green algae

Date and the family name are handwritten on the box

The Ofukusan can be removed from the panel

Chasen's some spikes are damaged

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Ebi Shrimp Kg528 obon Item weight: 111 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 be found in