Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Peony Botan Kg624 ikkanbari This vintage Japanese art exhibition

This vintage Japanese art exhibition catalog features colored and black-and-white reproductions of woodblock paintings by Japanese artist Toshusai Sharaku and others

Opening size: 5 cm

44 cm long x 53

120 cm long x 47 cm wide

It is mostly gold with a black lacquered base

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Peony Botan Kg624 ikkanbari This vintage Japanese art exhibitionVintage 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