JP2632039B

A silver halide photosensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide photosensitive layer and at least one layer containing an acidic dye, a cationic polymer mordant and gelatin, wherein said mordant containing layer further contains a dispersion of an anionic polymer thickener represented by formula (I): -Ax-B)y-E)z-(I) wherein A represents a repeating unit derived from a monomer component having at least two copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated groups, at least one unsaturated group of which is copolymerized in a side chain of the polymer; B represents a repeating unit derived from a monomer component having a single copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated group; E represents a repeating unit derived from a copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer component having at least one anionic functional group; x, y and z represent the mol percentages of the repeating units A, B and E respectively, and x is from 0 to 50 mol %, y is from 0 to 99 mol %, and z is from 1 to 90 mol %.