Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Sakura Kiku Kg613 nanohana [Knotted] 10

[Knotted] 10

Design: Turtle and crane (front and back)

Shunkei Nuri Jubako and Hashi

The inside of the cup features floral scenery colored in green

This type of painting is called sansui (literally mountains and water)

Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Sakura Kiku Kg613 nanohana [Knotted] 10Vintage 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