The inkjet recording apparatus includes: an ink ejection head which forms a desired image by ejecting an ink toward a recording medium; a treatment liquid ejection head which deposits a treatment liquid on the recording medium by ejecting the treatment liquid toward the recording medium, the treating liquid reacting with the ink on the recording medium; a treatment liquid application device which deposits the treatment liquid on the recording medium by applying the treatment liquid to the recording medium; and a treatment liquid deposition control device which controls so that the treatment liquid is deposited on the recording medium by using at least one of the treatment liquid ejection head and the treatment liquid application device.