Read the excerpt from "Hokusai's The Great Wave."
What is the author's viewpoint in this excerpt?
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So The Great Wave, far from being the quintessence of
Japan, is a hybrid work, a fusion of European materials
and conventions with a Japanese sensibility. No wonder
this image has been so loved in Europe: it is an exotic
relative, not a complete stranger.
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The Great Wave was created using European
techniques.
The Great Wave was created using Japanese
materials.
The Great Wave represents feelings of contentment
Japanese culture.
The Great Wave represents feelings of ambivalence
Japanese culture.
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It also, I think, shows a peculiarly Japanese ambivalence.
As a viewer, you have no place to stand, no footing. You
too must be in a boat, under the Great Wave, and in
danger. The dangerous sea over which European things
and ideas travelled has, however, been drawn with a
profound ambiguity.