昨さく暁ぎょう

noun, adverb

early yesterday morning

Rare literary word for the early morning of the previous day. In modern Japanese, 昨日の早朝 or 昨日の明け方 are far more common.

• 昨さく暁ぎょう、庭にわに霜しもが降おりていた。

  Early yesterday morning, frost had formed in the garden.