A shakudo kozuka
Hirata School, 19th century
Enamelled with a pheasant and wild flower, with gilt details, the reverse of polished shibuichi with ‘slanting rain’ yasuri, signed Hirata Harunari saku.
FOOTNOTES
小柄　雉（七宝象嵌）　銘「平田春就作」　19世紀

For the maker, Hirata Harunari (died 1840), see Haynes, Index, no.00844. He was the son of Narisuke and the eighth master of the Hirata family school.