Vintage Japanese Sweets Mold-Kashigata-Koumyouji Temple
Description
This is a vintage mold called "okashigata".
In the past, when a person died, it was expensive to give flowers or fresh food so, people made sweets (these are made from soy flour, rice flour and sugar) in the form of flowers, fish etc. These items were then placed on the "butsudan" (family shrine found in the house) for the dead person.
These sweets were also used for holiday celebrations, tea ceremony etc. These are for decoration only-they are never eaten.
This kashigata is from Koumyouji Temple in Kamakura city in Kanagawa prefecture (state). The sweets made from this mold would have been used at the temple. The last picture is of the temple.
*You can use this mold.
It measures 39.5 cm long x 6.3 cm wide 2.5 cm tall.Inside it measures 9.5 cm long x 5.2 cm wide x x 8 mm deep.
In the past, when a person died, it was expensive to give flowers or fresh food so, people made sweets (these are made from soy flour, rice flour and sugar) in the form of flowers, fish etc. These items were then placed on the "butsudan" (family shrine found in the house) for the dead person.
These sweets were also used for holiday celebrations, tea ceremony etc. These are for decoration only-they are never eaten.
This kashigata is from Koumyouji Temple in Kamakura city in Kanagawa prefecture (state). The sweets made from this mold would have been used at the temple. The last picture is of the temple.
*You can use this mold.
It measures 39.5 cm long x 6.3 cm wide 2.5 cm tall.Inside it measures 9.5 cm long x 5.2 cm wide x x 8 mm deep.
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