Based on the choka 'Yuen aru Zoka' (time-honored Zoka) in Volume 16 which contains references to an old bamboo cutter and a celestial nymph, it has been pointed out that the Manyoshu is linked to Taketori monogatari.
巻16「由縁ある雑歌」には竹取の翁と天女が登場する長歌があり、竹取物語（かぐや姫物語）との関連が指摘される。