Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Shrimp Ebi Kg598 crane neck waist string is 230 cm

waist string is 230 cm long

A cracked line on the bottom

[stand] 43 cm long x 22 cm wide x 1

5 cm wide (ends) x 51 cm wide (paper)

this katagami stencil with silk mesh backing is decorated with a large bundled water iris

Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Shrimp Ebi Kg598 crane neck waist string is 230 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