Japanese Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Small Rose Bara Kg724 pattern as well as some inscriptions

as well as some inscriptions in Japanese

The number on the bottom: Dec 1973

circumference: 16 cm

This vintage Japanese teacup is glazed a bluish-gray with a lovely blue rim

Shunkei-nuri is a traditional craft of Hida Takayama in Gifu

Japanese Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Small Rose Bara Kg724 pattern as well as some inscriptionsVintage 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