His grandson Shigefusa UESUGI received a shoryo (territory) in Uesugi no sho (manor), Ikaruga County, Tanba Province (a region around Uesugi-cho, Ayabe City, Kyoto Prefecture) and adopted the name Uesugi, and his descendants have prospered as the Uesugi clan.
孫の上杉重房は丹波国何鹿郡上杉庄（京都府綾部市上杉町一帯）に所領を授かって上杉を名乗り、その子孫は後世上杉氏として繁栄している。