Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Sweet Wagashi Ume Plum Blossom Kg650 lacquered basket Hard paper with gold trimming

Hard paper with gold trimming

which is originated in Kochi

This piece also displays various seasonal flowers such as plum blossoms and chrysanthemums

which looks like small flowers and thin leaves

This plate is for sweets and has beautiful paintings of camellia flowers

Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Sweet Wagashi Ume Plum Blossom Kg650 lacquered basket Hard paper with gold trimmingVintage 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