Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Wagashi Yin Yang Inyou Onyou Kg623 Utamaro Kanji reading: Nanjo kodomo-kai

Kanji reading: Nanjo kodomo-kai

12 cm long x 55 cm wide x 3 cm tall

Vtg Japanese Hokkaido Ainu Lacquerware

Grass and flower

This is an original vintage early Showa Era photograph of class of students in a soft sepia tone

Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Wagashi Yin Yang Inyou Onyou Kg623 Utamaro Kanji reading: Nanjo kodomo-kaiVintage 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