After Noriaki UESUGI returned to the post of Kanto-shitsuji, his son Toshinori UESUGI succeeded this post and it became the hereditary post of the Uesugi clan.
その後、上杉憲顕が関東執事に復帰し、続いてその子上杉能憲が後を継いで上杉氏による世襲が確立する。