Charles Egbert Tuttle

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Charles Egbert Tuttle (April 5, 1915 - June 9, 1993) was an American and Japanese publisher. Most significantly, he was founder and eponym of Charles E. Tuttle Company, now Tuttle Publishing.

Tuttle founded his publishing company in 1948, with offices in Tokyo and Rutland, Vermont, and with a mission to publish "books to span the East and West." From the early 1950s onward the company published many books on the Japanese language, arts, and culture, as well as translations of Japanese works into the English language.

In 1971 Tuttle was named "Publisher of the Year" by the Association of American Publishers in 1971, and in 1983 he was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Emperor of Japan for his services to Japanese-American understanding.