An ink jet image recording method including hitting an ink composition for ink jet recording on a recording material in a hitting volume of 0.1 to 100 pl at an ejection frequency of 1 KHz or more and/or at an average hitting speed of 2 m/sec or more, the ink composition including an aqueous medium having dissolved therein at least one water-soluble dye represented by the following formula (1): ##STR00001##