The continuous demotions reduced the size of the Uesugi, but they enshrined Kenshin UESUGI's remains, brought in from Mt. Kasugayama Castle in Echigo, within the keep of Yonezawa Castle the remains of Kenshin UESUGI, and they maintained a proud samurai tradition based on Kenshin Worship.
上杉氏は相次ぐ減封により規模を縮小させたが、越後の春日山城から持ち込んだ上杉謙信の遺骸を米沢城の本丸内に安置し、謙信崇拝に基づいた誇り高い士風を守った。