Kagekatsu, the son of Kenshin's older sister, who was from the Nagao family (the Echigo Nagao clan), won this war and inherited the name of the Uesugi clan, but later members of the clan (the Nagao Uesugi clan) call Kenshin the first generation and Kagekatsu the second generation.
この争いは、長尾一族の出身（越後長尾氏）で謙信の姉の子にあたる景勝が勝利し、上杉氏の名跡を継承するが、謙信・景勝以降の上杉氏（長尾上杉氏）では、謙信を初代、景勝を二代と称している。