Liquid composition, ink jet recording method, ink jet recording apparatus and recorded image

1. An ink jet recording method comprising:

ejecting a liquid composition on a recording medium, the liquid composition comprising (a) a water-soluble monomer, (b) a photopolymerization initiator, (c) an aqueous medium, (d) a polymer emulsion, and (e) a coloring material that is different from the polymer emulsion,

wherein the water-soluble monomer has two or more ethylenically unsaturated bonds, and

wherein the water-soluble monomer is curable with an active energy ray.

2. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1 , wherein the water-soluble monomer has a molecular structure satisfying the relationship of the following expression (1):

3.5≦(Molecular weight of water-soluble monomer)/(28.05×(Number of unsaturated double bonds in molecular structure))≦8.0.  Expression (1)

3. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1 , wherein the water-soluble monomer has at least one hydroxyl group.

4. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1 , wherein the photopolymerization initiator is a water-soluble acylphosphine oxide compound.

5. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer emulsion is a water-insoluble polymer present in a state of an emulsion in the liquid composition.

6. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1 , wherein the water-soluble monomer is at least one selected from the group consisting of the following Exemplified Compounds 1 to 9,

Exemplified Compound 1

Exemplified Compound 2

Exemplified Compound 3

Exemplified Compound 4

Exemplified Compound 5

Exemplified Compound 6

Exemplified Compound 7

Exemplified Compound 8

Exemplified Compound 9

7. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1 , further comprising irradiating the recording medium on which the liquid composition has been ejected with an active energy ray to cure the water-soluble monomer.

8. The ink jet recording method according to claim 7 , wherein the active energy ray is an ultraviolet ray.

9. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer emulsion comprises a vinyl chloride-acrylic ester copolymer,

wherein the water-soluble monomer is the following Exemplified Compound 7, and

wherein the photopolymerization initiator is the following Exemplified Compound A,

Exemplified Compound 7

Exemplified Compound A

10. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1 , wherein the photopolymerization initiator is at least one selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by the following General Formulae (1), (3), (4), and (5),

General Formula (1)

General Formula (3)

General Formula (4)

General Formula (5)