Shigefusa UESUGI, his second son, became Shigefusa UESUGI after seizing Uesugi no sho, Ikaruga County, Tanba Province (now, Uesugi-cho area, Ayabe City, Kyoto Prefecture) and went to Kamakura in the Kanto region with Imperial Prince Munetaka, seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians").
次男の上杉重房は丹波国何鹿郡上杉庄（京都府綾部市上杉町周辺）を領して上杉重房となり、征夷大将軍の宗尊親王と共に関東の鎌倉へ下ることになる。