Harima no Kami Teruhiro is the second generation of the Aki Teruhiro line of Hiroshima, and the published sources date him by a single document: "the oldest date we have seen is Keichō 15". He was an Owari man of the Kanie family, commonly called Jinpachi, who first signed Kanehisa and studied under the founder, no Kami Teruhiro, until he was "recognized by his teacher and made his son-in-law". He served the Fukushima house and, after its dispossession, the Asano. Because of the Keichō 15 piece the published sources hold that "his working years differ little from the first-generation Teruhiro's", and from the closeness of the two styles they infer that he, like the founder, was connected with Myōju. Dates of Kan'ei 5 and Kan'ei 9 extend his record.
His principal manner is a carried in a deep , mixed with , angular and blades of a pointed tendency, with , thick , and , in places and small ball-like , and a bright, clear . The published sources compare it with the founder's and find the stronger: on one "the stands out more than in the first generation", on a the work is "more marked than usual by between the undulations, deep in and well covered in ". Of his finest , its bright and clear, they write that it is "truly the essence of this smith" and "an excellent work in which the true strength of the second-generation Teruhiro is fully shown".
The is where he most clearly parts from the founder. An mixed with and , standing somewhat in , carries laid thick in dust-fine particles, and enter frequently, the steel clear. The published sources single the forging out again and again; on one "the forging is particularly excellent". The most often turns in a .
Most of his designated work takes one form, the wide, strongly elongated, thick of Keichō- shape, "the so common among his works". The published sources read these as aimed at , "succeeding in aiming at the manner of ", and call the type "of course also his typical work". Some are , a form also seen in Myōju, but "unlike the of his teacher Myōju, the runs through to the tip of the tang". are fewer, and the sources note that " are rare for the second-generation Teruhiro". One of them, tempered in a straight , is called outstanding: "this is tempered in and is of outstanding workmanship".
He also turned deliberately to older masters. A massive, thick with a large of , angular and pointed blades is read as modeled on " Sadamune, whom he admired most". A carved with , tempered in a with and , is read as aiming at "old Yamato work, and above all ", and the sources add that "of this kind of work, this one blade is the only example we have seen". A thick is thought "to have taken a high master as its model", and a broad with a wide, high and -ba "shows a manner recalling Muramasa". Through all of these the flowing , the pointed blades and a -style show the published sources "that he was a swordsmith of descent".
Fujishiro grades him Jō-jō , and twenty-seven designated works are on record: twenty-six in the tier, and one , signed Harima no Kami Fujiwara Teruhiro , recorded in Honma's inventory of the Imperial collection. The published sources observe that " signed Harima no Kami Teruhiro are by no means few in number, but those with dates are exceedingly rare", so that his dated pieces carry documentary weight, and that his works are said to bear few carvings, "it is said that Harima no Kami Teruhiro's works have few carvings", though the few that do are skilled. For a collector his are the realistic encounter, appearing from time to time, while a or a dated piece is rare.