Kyōko Nakano
{{expand Japanese|topic=bio|中野京子|date=August 2024}}
Kyōko Nakano ({{langx|ja|中野京子}}) is a Japanese scholar of German literature,{{cite news |title=ドイツ文学者、中野京子さんが語る『怖い絵』展「『恐怖』には多彩な顔」 兵庫県立美術館で待望の企画展（1/5ページ）|trans-title=German literary scholar Kyoko Nakano talks about the "Scary Pictures" exhibition "'Fear' has many faces" A long-awaited special exhibition at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art |url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20170728-5XOUMHLQJBJPBIRRRGN64IOXDE/ |access-date=28 February 2024 |work=Sankei.com |date=28 July 2017 |language=ja}} Western cultural historian, and translator.{{cite news |last1=Nakazawa |first1=Yasuhiko |title=「怖い絵」中野京子氏が語る「絵をよむ面白さ」|trans-title="Scary pictures" Kyoko Nakano talks about "The fun of reading pictures" |url=https://business.nikkei.com/atcl/book/15/101989/072300040/ |access-date=28 February 2024 |work=Nikkei Business |date=27 July 2018 |language=ja}}
Nakano grew up in Hokkaido, Japan,{{cite news |last1=Kurosawa |first1=Ayako |title=【話の肖像画】ドイツ文学者・中野京子（１）本物を見なくちゃ分からない|trans-title=German literary scholar Kyoko Nakano (1) You won't understand until you see the real thing. |url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20171106-AHC3XSFZDZM5TLQC4NQE3WCTB4/ |access-date=28 February 2024 |work=産経ニュース |date=6 November 2017 |language=ja}} and completed her master's degree at Waseda University in Shinjuku, Tokyo.{{cite news |title=継母は実は実母だった！？ シンデレラの真実|trans-title=My stepmother was actually my biological mother! ? Cinderella's truth |url=https://dot.asahi.com/articles/-/98508 |access-date=28 February 2024 |work=AERA with Kids＋ |date=20 January 2018 |language=ja}} In 2007, she published {{ill|Scary Pictures|ja|怖い絵}}, that would be the first of a series of art books on the theme of fear in painting (kowai-e).{{cite news |title=【話題の本】『新 怖い絵』中野京子著 恐怖で名画読み解く…展覧会も決定|trans-title=“New Scary Pictures” by Kyoko Nakano: Deciphering masterpieces through fear… Exhibition also decided |url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20161001-DJROP7MZPNJ7FDNWOYOXCTE52M/ |access-date=28 February 2024 |work=Sankei.com |date=1 October 2016 |language=ja}} Volumes 2, 3, 4 and 5 were published in 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2017, respectively, and the best-selling series led to an exhibition in 2017{{Cite web |last=産経新聞 |date=2017-10-26 |title=「怖い絵」展 宮部みゆきさん＆中野京子さんトークショー 生の臨場感に震撼（3/3ページ） |url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20171026-KMGKVJ3YDBNBNDCPEDL5F42FGM/3/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=産経新聞：産経ニュース |language=ja}}{{Cite web |last=産経新聞 |date=2017-09-18 |title=「怖い絵」展が閉幕 兵庫県立美術館の特別展 １０月７日からは上野の森美術館で開催 |url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20170918-YEM7QMH3SFNFJOT5Z6OIIWICZY/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=産経新聞：産経ニュース |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=怖い絵展 Fear in Painting [兵庫県立美術館] |url=https://www.artm.pref.hyogo.jp/exhibition/t_1707/index.html |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=www.artm.pref.hyogo.jp}}{{Cite web |title=Fear in Painting （Ueno Royal Museum） |url=https://www.tokyoartbeat.com/en/events/-/2017%2F0E6D |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=Tokyo Art Beat |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Fear in Painting |url=https://kansaifinder.com/event/fear-in-painting/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=Kansai Finder |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Fear in Painting |url=https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/art/fear-in-painting |website=Time Out}}{{Cite web |last=Hudson |first=Sue |date=2017-09-08 |title='Fear' in Many Forms: Exhibit Based on 'Kowai-e' Series {{!}} JAPAN Forward |url=https://japan-forward.com/fear-in-many-forms-exhibit-based-on-kowai-e-series-comes-to-kobe-and-tokyo/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=japan-forward.com |language=en-US}} and a stage adaptation in 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-03 |title=主演･尾上松也のアドリブも炸裂！比嘉愛未･佐藤寛太･崎山つばさ･寺脇康文の「コワイこと」とは？絵画を題材にした新感覚ミステリー､舞台『怖い絵』舞台写真＆初日前会見コメントUP {{!}} スマートボーイズ |url=https://sumabo.jp/145707 |access-date=2024-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303092500/https://sumabo.jp/145707 |archive-date=3 March 2022 }}