A liquid ejection apparatus comprising: two flow passages for supplying or recovering a liquid to an element substrate for ejecting the liquid; a circulation supply flow passage for supplying liquid to oneflow passage, a circulation recovery flow passage for recovering liquid from the other flow passage, and a plurality of on-off valve mechanisms for controlling communication and shutoff between the respective flow passages; the on-off valve mechanism comprises an opening located between flow passages, a sealing portion capable of on-off the opening, an urging member for urging the sealing portion in a direction to approach or away from the opening, and a movement mechanism for moving the sealing portion against the urging force of the urging member, the liquid discharge device controls opening and closing of at least two on-off valve mechanisms by moving the scaling parts of at least two on-off valve mechanisms together by the movement mechanism.