Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Temari Ball Kg519 koto Vtg Japanese Porcelain Chopstick Rest

Vtg Japanese Porcelain Chopstick Rest Hashioki

metal hook

35 cm wide x 24 cm tall

This piece is unsigned but was part of a personal collection via the Japanese artist Yoshihiro Hagino

Item weight: 150 grams

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Temari Ball Kg519 koto Vtg Japanese Porcelain Chopstick RestVintage 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 still be found