Dokuyama was deeply impacted by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the nuclear disaster that followed, deciding to start over as an artist after witnessing the destruction of his hometown. His works are primarily political and he regularly engages with places, people, and issues that have been obscured in contemporary Japanese society, revealing the memories and emotions of those who have been left out or forgotten in mainstream historical discourse. Dokuyama often incorporates satire and humor into his artworks as a method for reframing the realities of certain socio-political issues in order to stimulate audiences to reconsider their dependency on social mechanisms.