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How does a Japanese handscroll make it from the conservation lab into the galleries? Here’s a peek at just a few of the steps in preparing this 19th-century drawing of a snake—which might be by one of Hokusai’s students—for display in our exhibition “Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence.” The process, carried out by @mfaconservation’s Tatsuya Yamauchi, Higashiyama Kaii Conservator of Japanese Paintings, took a year to complete! For nine months, the drawing dried under tension while adhered to a ka