Because he took up his residence in Makuwari-mura village, Chiba-gun, Shimosa Province (present-day Makuhari, Hanamigawa-ku Ward, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture), he called himself 'Makuwari.'
下総国千葉郡馬加村（現在の千葉県千葉市花見川区幕張）に居を構えたことから「馬加」と称した。