Japanese Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Lotus Flower Leaf Kg674 onyx Color and glaze are missing

Color and glaze are missing in some spots

The red color of the body is an amulet

with illustration

design division

The design features old coins overlapping in a ring with one at the center

Japanese Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Lotus Flower Leaf Kg674 onyx Color and glaze are missingVintage 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