An optical element material which is obtained by curing a resin composition for photoimprinting consisting of a photocurable monomer represented by the following formula having a carbazole skeleton, a photocurable monomer represented by the following formula, a photopolymerization initiator and a solvent in a weight ratio of the photocurable monomer to the photocurable monomer ((the weight of the photocurable monomer)/(the weight of the photocurable monomer)) of from 30/70 to 87/13 in a content of the photopolymerization initiator of from 0.01 to 30 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the total weight of the photocurable monomer and the photocurable monomer, and solvent in an amount of from 0.5 to 30,000 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the total weight of the photocurable monomer and the photocurable monomer, and which has a shrinkage on curing of at most 4.5% at the time of curing: wherein R 1 is -CH=CH 2, -CH 2 CH 2 -O-CH=CH 2, -CH 2 -C(CH 3)=CH 2 or a glycidyl group, and R 2 and R 3 are each independently hydrogen or a C 1-4 alkyl group; wherein R 4 and R 5 are each independently -O-CH=CH 2, -O-CH 2 CH 2 -O-CH=CH 2, -O-CO-CH=CH 2, -O-CO-C(CH 3)=CH 2, -O-CH 2 CH 2 -O-CO-CH=CH 2, -O-CH 2 CH 2 -O-CO-C(CH 3)=CH 2 or a glycidyl ether group, and R 6 and R 7 are each independently hydrogen or a C 1-4 alkyl group; and optionally: - a viscosity-adjusting agent that is a thermoplastic resin, a thermosetting resin or a liquid resin having a weight average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 1,000,000, - a sensitizer or coloring agent for improving efficiency of the photopolymerization initiator, said sensitizer being selected from an anthracene, a thioxanthone, a benzophenone, a thioxanthone, a phenothiazine, a perylene, and said coloring agent being selected from, a thiopyrylium salt type dye, a merocyanine type dye, a quinoline type dye, a styrylquinoline type dye, a ketocoumarin type dye, a thioxanthene type dye, a xanthene type dye, an oxonol type dye, a cyanine type dye, a rhodamine type dye and a pyrylium salt type dye, - a leveling agent selected from the group consisting of a silicone type compound, a fluorine type compound, an acrylic type compound, and an acrylic/silicone type compound, - a photocurable monomer selected from the group consisting of butanediol divinyl ether, octanediol divinyl ether, ethylene glycol divinyl ether, diethylene glycol divinyl ether, triethylene glycol divinyl ether, butanediol diacrylate, octanediol diacrylate, ethylene glycol diacrylate, diethylene glycol diacrylate, triethylene glycol diacrylate, butanediol dimethacrylate, octanediol dimethacrylate, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, diethylene glycol dimethacrylate, triethylene glycol dimethacrylate, 2-(2-vinyloxyethoxy)ethyl acrylate, 2-(2-vinyloxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate, cyclohexylenedimethanol divinyl ether, trimethylolpropane trivinyl ether, cyclohexylene dimethanol diacrylate, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, cyclohexylene dimethanol dimethacrylate and trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, - additives selected from the group consisting of an antifoaming agent, an antioxidant, a heat-resistant stabilizer, a weather-resistant stabilizer and a light stabilizer, and - an adhesion-imparting agent to improve the adhesion to a substrate, the adhesion-imparting agent being a compound having a hydroxy group selected from the group consisting of bisphenol A, hydrogenated bisphenol A, 1-adamantyl alcohol, 2-adamantyl alcohol and tricyclodecanol. - a viscosity-adjusting agent that is a thermoplastic resin, a thermosetting resin or a liquid resin having a weight average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 1,000,000, - a sensitizer or coloring agent for improving efficiency of the photopolymerization initiator, said sensitizer being selected from an anthracene, a thioxanthone, a benzophenone, a thioxanthone, a phenothiazine, a perylene, and said coloring agent being selected from, a thiopyrylium salt type dye, a merocyanine type dye, a quinoline type dye, a styrylquinoline type dye, a ketocoumarin type dye, a thioxanthene type dye, a xanthene type dye, an oxonol type dye, a cyanine type dye, a rhodamine type dye and a pyrylium salt type dye, - a leveling agent selected from the group consisting of a silicone type compound, a fluorine type compound, an acrylic type compound, and an acrylic/silicone type compound, - a photocurable monomer selected from the group consisting of butanediol divinyl ether, octanediol divinyl ether, ethylene glycol divinyl ether, diethylene glycol divinyl ether, triethylene glycol divinyl ether, butanediol diacrylate, octanediol diacrylate, ethylene glycol diacrylate, diethylene glycol diacrylate, triethylene glycol diacrylate, butanediol dimethacrylate, octanediol dimethacrylate, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, diethylene glycol dimethacrylate, triethylene glycol dimethacrylate, 2-(2-vinyloxyethoxy)ethyl acrylate, 2-(2-vinyloxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate, cyclohexylenedimethanol divinyl ether, trimethylolpropane trivinyl ether, cyclohexylene dimethanol diacrylate, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, cyclohexylene dimethanol dimethacrylate and trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, - additives selected from the group consisting of an antifoaming agent, an antioxidant, a heat-resistant stabilizer, a weather-resistant stabilizer and a light stabilizer, and - an adhesion-imparting agent to improve the adhesion to a substrate, the adhesion-imparting agent being a compound having a hydroxy group selected from the group consisting of bisphenol A, hydrogenated bisphenol A, 1-adamantyl alcohol, 2-adamantyl alcohol and tricyclodecanol.