The invention provides a negative image recording material comprising: a
support and an image recording layer disposed on the support, the image
recording layer comprising an amide-acid compound containing a carboxyl
group and an amide group expressed by the following General Formula (1):
##STR00001## wherein L.sup.11 represents a hydrogen atom or a
hydrocarbon group having 30 or fewer carbon atoms which may have a
substituent; and wherein the amide-acid compound is insolubilized by a
thermal ring-closure reaction between the carboxyl group and the amide
group. The invention further provides a negative image recording
material comprising a support, an image recording layer disposed on the
support, the image recording layer containing a polymerization initiator
and a polymerizable compound, and an overcoat layer disposed on the image
recording layer, the overcoat layer containing the amide-acid compound
expressed by the General Formula (1).