Photocurable ink composition for ink jet recording and ink jet recording method

A photocurable ink composition for ink jet recording, comprising:

• polymerizable compounds;
• a photopolymerization initiator;
• and
• a colorant,
• wherein the polymerizable compounds include a vinyl ether group-containing (meth)acrylate represented by general formula (I):
• CH2═CR1—COOR2—O—CH═CH—R3 (I)
• (wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 is a divalent organic residue having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic residue having 1 to 11 carbon atoms) and phenoxyethyl (meth)acrylate, polyfunctional (meth)acrylate,
• wherein the content of the phenoxyethyl (meth)acrylate is 9 to 60% by mass relative to the total mass of the ink composition,
• wherein the photopolymerization initiator contains 15% by mass or less of an acylphosphine oxide compound relative to the total mass of the ink composition.