Ink jet recording apparatus

A liquid jet recording apparatus includes a liquid jet head including discharge ports, element substrates, a base substrate, common liquid chambers, and a head liquid chamber. The apparatus also includes a first liquid supply path that leads from a liquid reserve tank to a liquid indraft orifice provided on the base substrate via a pump, a second liquid supply path that leads from a liquid outflow orifice provided on the base substrate to a sub-tank, a third liquid supply path that leads from the sub-tank to a liquid indraft orifice provided on the head liquid chamber, a fourth liquid supply path that leads from a liquid outflow orifice provided on the head liquid chamber to the liquid reserve tank or the sub-tank, and a fifth liquid supply path that leads from the sub-tank to the liquid reserve tank to return the liquid from the sub-tank to the liquid reserve tank.