| abstract |
An ink composition of the present invention includes a pigment (a), a water-soluble solvent (b), a surfactant (c), a compound represented by the following general formula (I) and/or a compound represented by the following general formula (II) (d), and water (e), wherein the content of the compound represented by the general formula (I) and/or the compound represented by the general formula (II) (d) in the ink composition is 0.15% by mass or less: n n n n n n n n n n n n (in the general formula (I), R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, or an aromatic group); and n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n (in the general formula (II), R 3 and R 4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, or an aromatic group, x+y equals 100, and z represents an integer of 5 or more). |