Shigeyoshi lost the political battle against KO no Moronao and died, and even though they continued to exist through adoption from the Yamanouchi-Uesugi family, the heir lineage eventually became absorbed by the Yamanouchi family.
重能が高師直との政争に破れ死去し、山内上杉家から養子を迎え存続したが、嫡流は次第に山内家に吸収されていった。