The present invention provides a silver halide emulsion containing silver
halide particles, wherein a content of silver chloride in the silver
halide particles is at least 89 mol %, and wherein the silver halide
particles comprising at least one of (i) at least one phase selected from
the group consisting of a laminar phase containing silver bromide, a
laminar phase comprising silver iodide and a phase comprising silver
bromide and having a maximum point where a silver bromide content ratio
is at a maximum value, which maximum point is inside the silver
particles, and (ii) a phase comprising silver iodide and a phase
comprising silver bromide, which phase comprising silver bromide is
disposed further inside of the silver halide particles than the phase
comprising silver iodide. Further, the present invention provides a
silver halide photosensitive material comprising the silver halide
emulsion.