Also, we can find a few instances of three-syllable or four-syllable makurakotoba such as 'chiba no,' 'tobu tori,' 'soramitsu,' etc. in the samples of the ancient literature.
また、上代文学の例では「ちばの」「とぶとり」「そらみつ」のように三音節・四音節の枕詞も数例認められる。