Tetsuya Ishida was a Japanese painter who painted scenes of ordinary Japanese life, but he often inserted himself into the paintings as one who was trapped in machinery or as a cog-in-the-wheel of society. He was killed in 2005 by being hit by a train (possibly suicide).  

His work is really stunning and communicates the loneliness, isolation and despair that a lot of Japanese men feel in the workforce. His gallery is definitely worth checking out.