On March 3, 1575, the adopted child, Kiheiji AKIKAGE, of Kenshin changed his name to Kagekatsu UESUGI, and gave up becoming a kanto (government service) of danjo-shohitsu.
天正3年（1575年）1月11日、養子の喜平次顕景の名を上杉景勝と改めさせ、弾正少弼の官途を譲った。