Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Crane Tsuru Kg544 game pieces in a dark brown color

in a dark brown color with a white hakeme (brush stroke) on the outside

Buy this beautiful plate today to add to your collection of Japanese pottery and porcelain

It is modeled after a traditional high-roofed house in Hida Takayama

It is used for burning incense powder or sticks

Signature and red seal

Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Crane Tsuru Kg544 game pieces in a dark brown colorVintage 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