Vintage Japanese Hand Carved Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Turtle & Dish 6"X 4" Japanese Cedar case and interior

Cedar case and interior

Done in a celedon green glaze

with high carbon laminated steel that holds an edge like no other in the world

Blade width: 7/8" (23mm)

This tansu chest measures 14" wide by 9" tall by 8" deep (17

Vintage Japanese Hand Carved Wooden Kashigata Cake Mold Turtle & Dish 6"X 4" Japanese Cedar case and interiorThis is an vintage Japanese cake mold known as a Kashigata. It is made of wild cherry wood that has been allowed to cure for over 5 years before carving. Carved in the shape of a turtle in front of a sake dish. When filled with a dough consisting of soy flour and sugar it makes a lovely cake. Thiskashigata measures 7" long by 4" wide by 1" deep. Having been well used yet well loved for much of the past century, thiskashigata remains in very fine