Luke Roberts is Professor of Japanese History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is a specialist in political culture in [[Edo period]] Japan, among other subjects, with a particular focus on the history of [[Tosa province]].
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He earned his PhD at Princeton University in 1991. Roberts' current research investigates the biography of [[Mori Yoshiki]], a mid-ranking samurai official in the service of the lords of Tosa.