Kanetane devoted his life to studying and worked hard for which he obtained a lot of endowments as a scholar; he was a good-tempered person, disliked arousing rivalry, earnestly devoted himself to close examinations, and never neglected his duties.
鐵胤の人物は温厚・学者肌・学問一筋の勉学家であり、人と競わず緻密で物事をおろそかにせず、生一本の人であった。