暮くれ六むつ

noun

around 6pm; dusk bell

Archaic term from the Edo-period temporal hour system, referring to the time around sunset when the sixth bell of the day was rung.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、暮くれ六むつを知しらせる鐘かねの音ねが町まちに響ひびいた。

  In the Edo period, the sound of the bell announcing kuremutsu echoed through the town.