Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Iris Flower Kg456 Pink tea whisk (Chasen): 4 cm

tea whisk (Chasen): 4 cm wide x 10

2 cm thick

A picture of a phoenix on the back

Japanese porcelain bowl

sara (dish)

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Iris Flower Kg456 Pink tea whisk (Chasen): 4 cmVintage 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