Because Yasutoki honestly conducted his duties as above, he was popular among the court nobles and the general public; thus there is an anecdote that travelers who took a break under a willow tree planted by Yasutoki thanked him.
このように誠実に仕事をこなしたため公家や民衆からも評判がよく、泰時が植えた柳の日陰で休む旅人が泰時に感謝する逸話もある。