In addition, since both Echigo Province and Kozuke Province were, at that period, under the control of the Yamauchi Uesugi family, who were Kanto Kanrei (shogunal deputy for the Kanto region), traffic between Echigo and Kanto was frequent.
さらに同時代にあっては、越後国も上野国もともに関東管領山内上杉家の分国だったため、関越間の交通もまた頻繁だったことがある。