Huang Yikai (Chinese: 黃一楷; pinyin: Huáng Yīkǎi; 1580–1622) was a Chinese woodcutter active during the late Ming dynasty.
Huang was born in 1580 in Qiu (虬), a village in Xinan (新安), Anhui.
His family had been in the engraving industry for generations and specialised in woodcuts done in the Hui (徽) style; after Huang was born, they relocated to Hangzhou.
[1] Huang did woodcut illustrations for numerous novels, including Romance of the West Chamber[1] The Lyrics in the Whorehouse, Picture of the Boudoir, Su'e pian,[2] and The Peony Pavilion.
[3] Lianhong Zhou of the Kinsey Institute in Bloomington, Indiana, describes Huang's artistic style as "minute and exquisite".