The object of the present invention is to provide an image-recording
material that may prevent a flocculation of a coating liquid for
image-recording layer that contains a water-dispersible emulsion and a
water-soluble polymer compound, and that may exhibit an enhanced
stability, present an improved film-forming performance, and provide
superior surface conditions. In order to achieve the object, an
image-recording material according to the present invention is provided,
in which the image-recording material comprises a support and at least
one image-recording layer on the support, wherein the image-recording
layer is formed from a water-dispersible emulsion of which volume-average
particle size is 55 nm or more and a water-soluble polymer compound of
which weight-average molecular weight (Mw) is 400,000 or less.
Preferably, the water-dispersible emulsion is a polyester emulsion.
Preferably, the water-soluble polymer compound is polyethyleneoxide.