Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Plum Blossom Kg539 copper It is written as Hotel

It is written as Hotel (Ryokan) Nakacho in Yokkaichi City

Gensen shita meiboku ga unda handai (Wooden bowl for rice produced by selected precious wood)

Decorated with woolen yarn

Item weight: 1121 grams

The registered trademark is on the top

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Plum Blossom Kg539 copper It is written as HotelVintage 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