The invention provides an ink composition for ink jet recording comprising
at least a resin emulsion and a surface-treated pigment, wherein the
amount of monomers and oligomers with a molecular weight of 2,000 or less
contained in the resin emulsion is 1,000 ppm or less based on the total
amount of the ink composition. Also disclosed are an ink jet recording
method using the ink composition and recorded matter obtained by the
recording method.