Yasuhito originally had Kabane (hereditary aristocratic title used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing) of Haji Sukune (the Kabane of Sukune referred to the third highest rank) and had a residence in Akishino in the suburbs of Heijo-kyo (which was also called Heizei-kyo, the capital city of Japan during Nara period in the eighth century,) but in 782 the imperial court granted Yasuhito a leave for the use of a set of Uji (which indicated the lineage group) and Kabane of the 'Akishino Ason' (the Kabane of Ason was more classically called Asomi, indicating the second top rank).
もともと土師宿禰の姓で平城京郊外の秋篠に居を有していたが、782年には朝廷より「秋篠朝臣」の氏姓を名乗る事を許されている。