Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Inari Kg526 carving 90 cm long x 52

90 cm long x 52 cm wide

This is a Japanese hanging scroll that hangs on the Buddhist altar

Inside is a copper metal insert

pour hot water

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Inari Kg526 carving 90 cm long x 52Vintage 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