To provide a heat developable photosensitive material having low fog, excellent in long-term storage stability and excellent also in silver tone, and an image forming method using the photosensitive material.
The heat developable photosensitive material has an image forming layer containing organic silver, a silver halide, a binder and a reducing agent on a support, wherein the heat developable photosensitive material contains a methylene bisphenol compound having at least one carboxyl group within a molecule in an amount of 0.01-20 mol% based on the amount of the reducing agent. The methylene bisphenol compound having at least one carboxyl group within a molecule is preferably represented by formula (1) or (2) and the reducing agent is preferably represented by formula (3).
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FUKUSAKA KIYOSHI