Daniel Quinn has been exploring the repertoire by Japanese composers since his first trip to that country in 1997. His 2003 doctoral dissertation is a historical survey of compositions for Guitar by Japanese composers. Daniel has been invited to give recitals and lectures on this subject at such venues as the Guitar Foundation of America Convention at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Irino Center in Tokyo Japan, Hastings College Nebraska, and the Cincinnati Conservatory of music Summer Guitar Workshop. A summary of this research can be found in Soundboard magazine in October of 2005 (Volume XXXI (31) No. 1).

As of 2026, Japanese repertoire is still included in most of his solo performances.  Daniel has performed music by: Yoshie Okawara, Takayuki Oguri, Morishige Takei, Kazuko Hara, Yasuhiko Tsukamoto, Masao Homma, Hirokazu Sato, Jun-ichi Nihashi, Keigo Fujii, Shingo Fujii, Akira Ifukube, Takashi Yoshimatsu, Michio Miyagi, Yuquihiro Yocoh, Kazu Munakata, Satoshi Ohmae, Tadashi Sasaki, Nobutaka Nakagawa, Michiharu Matsunaga, Ryo Noda, Mao Yamagishi, Tohru Aki, Toru Takemitsu, Takashi Ogawa, Kazumasa Ishizuki, Siyoh Tomiyama, Teruyuki Noda, and many others.

Works by Okawara, Michio Miyagi, and Oguri can be found on my web shop page. 

Here you can listen to his CD of music by Japanese composers on YouTube.

Guitar Music by Japanese Composers. Abstract and cover below. Click here to purchase full dissertation.

Robert Coldwell has a wonderful page with lots of history of the guitar in Japan. Please check out his webpage: http://www.digitalguitararchive.com/