Production method for electrophotographic photosensitive member

A method for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member including an electrically conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer, the method comprising:

• applying an application liquid for photosensitive layer formation containing a solvent, a binder resin, and a hole transport material directly or indirectly onto the electrically conductive substrate, and removing a portion of the solvent, to form the photosensitive layer,
• wherein the solvent contains a first solvent that is an alcohol having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 3, and a second solvent other than the first solvent, and
• the binder resin includes a polyarylate resin that is a polymerization product of monomers including a first monomer represented by general formula (1) and a second monomer represented by general formula (2),
• in the general formula (1),
• R11 and R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 4, and
• R13 and R14 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 4, or a phenyl group, or R13 and R14 taken together represent a divalent group represented by general formula (Y),
• in the general formula (2), X represents a divalent group represented by chemical formula (X1), (X2), (X3), (X4), (X5), or (X6),
• in the general formula (Y), R20 represents a monovalent substituent, p represents an integer of at least 1 and no greater than 6, and q represents an integer of at least 0 and no greater than 5,