Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Sweet Wagashi Ho-oh Phoenix Kg495 turtle giving it a glassy appearance

giving it a glassy appearance

The top folds over and keeps closed with a tie

Comes in the original box

Backing fraying on edge

wire with straw wrapped for arms and foot

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Sweet Wagashi Ho-oh Phoenix Kg495 turtle giving it a glassy appearanceVintage 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