Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Wagashi Yin Yang Inyou Onyou Kg643 national treasure This black and red lacquerware

This black and red lacquerware is called Akebono-nuri and has two coatings: the inner one is red and the outer one is black

This is a vintage Japanese metal engraving statue Daikokuten figurine

This piece is in the shino style and is signed with a Z on the bottom

Wearing typical Japanese evil's underwear

Japanese Wood Carved Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Wagashi Yin Yang Inyou Onyou Kg643 national treasure This black and red lacquerwareVintage 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