Hirata Harunari (1809-1840) was the eighth generation master of the Hirata family school. He studied under the Yasuda carving family and most of his work was the traditional Hirata shippo sword-fittings which he made in his capacity as hereditary artist to the Tokugawa bakufu. He also branched out to make fittings in shakudo nanako and also objects in gold, which were not in the Hirata style at all. This example of Hirata kin shippo work shows the full-blown development of his later style.