Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Shrimp Kg472 Tin Black rubber band around it

Black rubber band around it

Missing handle of oil pot

Title of Piece: "Tora" (Tiger)

13 cm long x 31

Japanese Wooden Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Shrimp Kg472 Tin Black rubber band around itVintage Japanese Kashigata, Cake and Candy Mold This two piece kashigata mold is carved with a shrimp. It can be used to make sweets or as an eye catching decorative item. 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