Lower Hour - Gekoku

Japanese: 下刻 - げこく
Lower Hour - Gekoku
〘 noun 〙 The final time when an hour ( =two hours) is divided into three parts. ※Santaka Koki - Bunmei 6 (1474), January 7th "I entered the palace at the end of the afternoon. There was a long bridge and a cup . " ※Ukiyo Zoushi - Budo Denraiki (1687), 5 "Tomorrow, at the end of the hour of the Rooster , I faced the palace and wrote that I would not pass by when we met."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 一刻(いっとき)(=二時間)を三分した最後の時。※実隆公記‐文明六年(1474)正月七日「午下刻許参内。於長橋一盞」※浮世草子・武道伝来記(1687)五「明日酉の下刻(ケコク)に立向ひ面談の時はうつさじと書(かき)をくりける」

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