"Haifu Yanagidaru" Volume 6 (3) The frog jumping into the pond is an acrostic for "fukami"

There are many people in the world who cannot read.
People in the Edo period learned reading, writing, and arithmetic at temple schools, so many could read. In the "world" of that time, the number of people in Japan who could read was incredibly high. It is said to have had the highest literacy rate in the world. Because they could read, they also read many books. Since books were expensive to buy, Edo was also a town with many rental bookstores.
The people of Edo also frequently watched and listened to performances like Kabuki and Joruri, and were familiar with them. Much of people's wisdom came from these performances. Rather than knowing the original works, they knew the stories adapted from them. It is the same as how we today feel like we know about an incident through a reenactment drama on a variety show rather than the incident itself.
Such people took an interest in various things and turned them into 5-7-5 haiku.

409 Untying the furoshiki, they dash out | Oriental melon A meeting, a meeting
An oriental melon rolls out of the furoshiki.
I prefer oriental melons over the overly sweet things called melons. These are quite sweet too. There were many varieties of oriental melons depending on the region, but they gradually became standardized nationwide. Regarding food, the Edo period might have been richer with more varieties than today.

425 The frog jumping into the pond is an | acrostic for "fukami" Comparing, indeed comparing
Matsuo Basho's "The old pond | A frog jumps in, the sound of water" was well known even in the Edo period. The first words of each phrase in that 5-7-5 are "furuikeyakawazutobikomumizunooto," which becomes "fu-ka-mi." A "ku" (phrase) refers to the 5-7-5 unit, but a group of 5 or 7 words is also called a "ku." Here, it refers to each of the 5-7-5 units. Putting words at the beginning of phrases is called an "acrostic." In the past, this was often done on TV variety shows.
If it's note "no-o-to," then "no, leisurely o, writing down thoughts to, as time goes by." My own attempt isn't very good. How about "Senryu = senryu"? "sen, from ancestors ryu, announcing trends u, a song arrives." Hmm, I don't even know what my own attempt means.
A famous acrostic is the poem (tanka) about the "kakitsubata" (iris). (It becomes "kakitsubata")
From my robe, worn from wearing it, since I have a wife, I think of the journey I have come so far.

It's tough, but...
because it's cute
it can't be helped, right
playing around
sleeping a lot
even if we fight until we're exhausted,
holding hands, sleeping
ru
zooo
t
to
There was also an Instagram post like that. This is also an acrostic.

466 Scolded, returning to the pillow, recovering from illness What a scary thing, what a scary thing
When a husband who has just recovered from an illness goes to his wife's futon at night, he is scolded, "It's still too early," and he sheepishly returns to his own pillow.

467 Country adultery, two | palanquins | made What a scary thing, what a scary thing
A Karamaru-kago is a | palanquin | for transporting criminals. This criminal committed adultery or an affair. In Edo, you could settle it for five ryo, but in the countryside, they were transported as criminals.

622 Because it's | useful, | an affair, so I said I did it What a clever thing, what a clever thing
An "amaotoko" is a lover. They say they had sex because it was "useful" and it was a "clever" thing to do. A settlement for an affair is usually five ryo, and five ryo is a large sum of money. So, they intentionally have an affair to get the five ryo. Of course, the husband is also in on it. In other words, the couple is running a "tsutsumotase" (honey trap).

489 Drunk, tomorrow, the embarrassment of the wife imitating What an excessive thing, what an excessive thing

545 In an illicit love, two | vacant shops | made Carelessly, carelessly, carelessly, carelessly
An affair between neighbors was discovered, and the remaining husband and wife moved out, leaving two vacant houses.

630 Farting, the bride is | embarrassed | to leave the toilet Clearly, clearly
A young bride who farted in the toilet is too embarrassed to come out. I suppose there was such an era.

This concludes Volume 6 of "Haifu Yanagidaru," which reflects the lives of the common people of Edo.