Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Tai Madai Fish Kg817 bonbori It is purposefully not perfectly

It is purposefully not perfectly round to add a unique aesthetic to the tea ceremony

Small paper residue on the upper of the print

8 cm wide x  11 cm tall

Vtg Japanese Ceramic Pot With Lid

76 cm long x 23

Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Tai Madai Fish Kg817 bonbori It is purposefully not perfectlyVintage 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 still be