To provide a new oxetane compound having excellent stability, an actinic energy ray curable composition having good ink stability and ink ejection stability, giving a recorded image having excellent curability, scratch resistance and adhesiveness and produced by using the new oxetane compound and provide an ink composition for ink-jet recording and an ink-jet recording method.

The oxetane compound is expressed by general formula (1) (R1 to R6 are each H or a substituent provided that groups of each pair of R3 and R4, and R5 and R6 are not H at the same time).