Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Koi Fish Kg545 Children's Day Japanese bronze horse figurine

Japanese bronze horse figurine

While this is ideal for reconstructing a butsudan

The main bead is a white plastic with a clear bead inserted inside

Bottom end piece of the box is loose

containing its ink stone (suzuri)

Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Koi Fish Kg545 Children's Day Japanese bronze horse figurineVintage 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