To provide a thermal transfer recording method capable of transferring an image irrespective of an object to be transferred and capable of forming a latent image by using a fluorescent dye which does not deteriorate the intensity of fluorescence, and to provide an image formation body formed by the thermal transfer recording method.

An image (A) as a visible image made by using a visible dye or a latent image made by using a fluorescent dye is formed by thermal transfer on one side surface of an intermediate transfer recording medium 1 having such a structure that a strippable dye reception layer 3 and an adhesive dye reception layer 4 are laminated therein, and an image (B) as a visible image made by using a visible dye or a latent image made by using a fluorescent dye is formed by thermal transfer on another surface of the intermediate transfer recording medium 1. Either one of the image (A) and image (B) is the visible image and the other one is the latent image. Such a structure can satisfactorily suppress the deterioration of the intensity of fluorescence of the latent image because the visible dye and the fluorescent dye are completely separated.