He was awarded Uesugi-sho, Ikaruga County, Tanba Province (around present-day Uesugi-cho, Ayabe City, Kyoto Prefecture), and thereafter he used Uesugi as his family name.
丹波国何鹿郡上杉庄（京都府綾部市上杉町周辺）を賜り、以後あらたに上杉氏を称した。