Thus, he was transferred to the Yonezawa domain (consisting of the above three areas and yielding 300 thousand koku) in Dewa Province as the lord of a smaller fief in which led to the fall of the Uesugi family from the powerful Daidaimyo (a feudal lord having a greater power) in Shinetsu down to one feudal lord of half of Dewa Province over the course of Kagekatsu's lifetime.
この3郡からなる出羽国米沢藩30万石藩主として減移封され、景勝一代において上杉家は信越の強大な大大名から出羽半国の一大名へと没落した。