Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Sweet Wagashi Tai Madai Fish Kg567 box with its Tobo stick

with its Tobo stick

A man kokeshi is wearing a black western-styled uniform with gold buttons

Kyoto Buddhist altar fitting

Blade: 50 mm

57 cm long x 34 cm wide x 4

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Sweet Wagashi Tai Madai Fish Kg567 box with its Tobo stickVintage 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 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 still be found in