Japanese Wooden Cake Mold Kashigata Sweets Vtg Carving Brown Turtle Kg361 kettle 32 cm long x 27

32 cm long x 27 cm wide x 4

5 cm long x 45 wide cm

This katagami design beautifully combines patterns of flowers (Chrysanthemum)

Design: Dotted line pattern

It is supposedly developed by a 14th-century monk named Shunkei and was a popular method in the 17th century of using clear lacquer to allow the natural appearance of the wood underneath to show through

Japanese Wooden Cake Mold Kashigata Sweets Vtg Carving Brown Turtle Kg361 kettle 32 cm long x 27Vtg Japanese Cake Mold Candy Mold Kashigata Japanese hand carved cake mold Kashigata Japanese Kashigata hand carved wood cake mold used to make Higashi. Higashi is a type of Wagashi (Japanese Sweets), which is dry and contains very little moisture, and thus keeps relatively longer than other kinds of Wagashi. The mold is used to shape the Wagashi to the desired shape. Design: Turtle Kanji on the side: Kame Wood C1970 Item weight: 304 grams Packed