Silver halide photographic material

A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said emulsion contains a compound represented by the following formula (I) or (II):

• [MLXLI(4−x)]n (I)
• wherein M represents a metal or a metal ion;
• L represents a compound of the following formula (III) which is bonded to M;
• x represents 1, 2, 3 or 4;
• n represents an integer of from −6 to +5;
• and LI represents a chemical species bonded to M, and LI(4−x) may be the same or different chemical species when x is 1 or 2;
• wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkinyl group, an aralkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a mercapto group, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an arloxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an acyloxy group, a sulfonyloxy group, an amino group, an ammonio group, a carbonamido group, a sulfonamido group, an oxycarbonylamino group, an oxysulfonylamino group, an ureido group, a thioureido group, an acyl group, an oxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a thiocarbonyl group, a thiocarbamoyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfinyl group, an oxysulfonyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a sulfino group, a sulfano group, a carboxyl or carboxylate group, a sulfonic acid or sulfonate group, or a phosphonic acid or phosphonate group, and R2 and R3 may be subjected to ring closure to form a saturated carbon ring, an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or a heterocyclic aromatic ring;
• [MXnL(6−n)]m (II)
• wherein M represents a metal ion, L represents a compound of the foregoing formula (III), X represents a halogen ion, n represents 3, 4 or 5, and m represents −5, −4, −3, −2, −1, 0, +1 or +2.