Although he had become a priest, that is to say he had renounced the world, he still titled himself the 19th head of the Chiba clan Yasutane CHIBA (but he never failed to pay respect to the former head of the clan for the rest of his life).
仏に仕える身にありながら千葉氏第19代当主千葉康胤（ちばやすたね）を名乗る（しかし前当主を生涯立てていた）。