While 'etagashira' was the title designated by the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), he called himself Chorigashira (head of the choir, another term of the eta) Danzaemon YANO, and this name was successively handed down within the family.
「穢多頭」は幕府側の呼称で、みずからは代々長吏頭（ちょうりがしら）矢野弾左衛門と称した。