A method for developing a photosensitive resin flexographic printing plate precursor, comprising the step of removing, for development, an uncured portion of photosensitive resin from the photosensitive resin flexographic printing plate precursor by rubbing the photosensitive resin flexographic printing plate precursor with a brush, wherein the brush has a plurality of brush bristles implanted on a base material, wherein each of the plurality of brush bristles has a diameter of 80 to 250 μm, and wherein the brush has a density of brush bristles of 22% or more and 37% or less, wherein the density is defined by a proportion of a cross-sectional area of the plurality of brush bristles to an area of a surface of the base material in which the plurality of brush bristles are implanted.