| In the medieval period, Ueda-sho Manor was in the southern part of Uonuma County (present Minami-Uonuma County), and around the Kamakura Period, the area was under the control of the Nitta clan of the Seiwa-Genji (Minamoto clan) line. |
中世越後の魚沼郡南部（南魚沼郡）には上田荘があり、鎌倉時代頃には清和源氏流新田氏一族の勢力下にあった。 |