Many stories have been handed down to represent his excellent personality, which supports the opinion that the politics of Yasutoki realized the ideal of the warriors living in those days in Kamakura, which was simplicity and fortitude.
泰時の政治は当時の鎌倉武士の質実剛健な理想を体現するとされ、彼のすぐれた人格を示すエピソードは多く伝えられる。