A very quick Myfanwy and Friend Special Edition for #NationalSnuggleAChickenDay

HT to @MaQuest and @art_history_animalia for the inspiration and source, responsibility as ever my own.

I feel like the snuggled chickens have a bit of attitude going on. There is definitely a backstory here.

#MyfanwyAndFriend #sillyScribbles #nonsense

Now following #NationalSnuggleAChickenDay 🐓

For #NationalSnuggleAChickenDay , I present to you Kabuki actors performing with roosters:

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japan, 1769–1825)
Sawamura Gennosuke I as Yoshiie, 1802
Woodblock print 31.4 x 13.8 cm
MFA Boston 06.661
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/176280

Kuniyasu Utagawa (Japan, 1794-1832)
Iwai Kumesaburo as courtesan Shosho, c. 1820-30s
Woodblock print 35.3 x 25.0 cm
https://ukiyo-e.org/image/artelino/39813g1

#JapaneseArt

Actor Sawamura Gennosuke I as Yoshiie

Play: Iro-no-yo to Yûtsugedori Play: Toki ni Ôshû Tsubo no Ishibumi Theater: Ichimura 色世夕告鳥(いろのよとゆうつげどり) 当奥州壷碑(ときにおうしゅうつぼのいしぶみ) 市村

I have just discovered (thanks to @MaQuest ) that it is #NationalSnuggleAChickenDay

I do have form, obvs., in chicken snuggling, but might need to do something new.

In the meantime... The Lady with a Knitted Chicken
https://things.uk/@eclectech/112591665857348357

eclectech (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Some Mondays just call for an emotional support chicken. #sillyScribbles #MyfanwyAndFriend #artwork #silly #nonsense

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One more for #NationalSnuggleAChickenDay :
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Bartolomé Estéban Murillo (Spanish, 1618–1682)
Old Woman with a #Hen, c. 1645
Oil on canvas, 79.1 × 63.5 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich [Inv. no. 608]
https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Qlx2o8nLXq/bartolome-esteban-murillo/altes-hoekerweib
Sammlung | Altes Hökerweib

I’ve just been informed that today is #NationalSnuggleAChickenDay. There really is a day for everything isn't there? 😉
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Marevna (Marie Vorobieff) (Russian, 1892-1984)
Peasant Woman with #Chicken , 1948
Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 54 cm
https://www.wikiart.org/en/marevna-marie-vorobieff/peasant-woman-with-chicken-1948
#WomenArtists