Tamehito is a leading expert in modern Kyoto painters, and is currently a guest professor of Doshisha Women's College, having also held a chair at Otemae Women's University and served as the president of Ikenobo College.
為人は、近世京都画壇研究の第一人者で、大手前女子大学教授・池坊短期大学学長を経て、現在同志社女子大学客員教授を務めている。