An exhaust gas purification catalyst to be provided in an exhaust channel of an internal combustion engine that captures NOx in exhaust when an air/fuel ratio of exhaust is a lean state, and adapted to release and reductively purify NOx thus captured when the air/fuel ratio of exhaust is a stoichiometric state or rich state, the catalyst consisting of: a first catalyst layer formed in direct contact with a support for the catalyst, the first catalyst layer consisting of Pt and a support material for the Pt, wherein the first catalyst layer is adapted to capture NOx, wherein the support material for the Pt is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of CeO 2, ZrO 2, Al 2 O 3 and complex oxides including Ce and Zr, wherein a loading amount of the Pt is 0,1 g/L to 20 g/L per unit volume of the support for the catalyst; a second catalyst layer consisting of one at least one kind of zeolite selected from the group consisting of β-type zeolite, MFI-type zeolite, Y-type zeolite, SZR-type zeolite and FER-type zeolite, and an inorganic binder, wherein the zeolite is ion-exchanged zeolite arrived at by performing ion-exchanged treatment with at least one kind selected from the group consisting of H, Fe, Cu, V, Cs and Ag, wherein the second catalyst layer is adapted to capture HC; and an intermediate layer formed between the first catalyst layer and the second catalyst layer; the intermediate layer consisting of Rh and a support material for the Rh, wherein the support material for the Rh is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of CeO 2, ZrO 2, and complex oxides including Ce and Zr, wherein the intermediate layer is adapted to reduce NOx, wherein a loading amount of the Rh is 0,1 g/L to 20 g/L per unit volume of the support for the catalyst, wherein the first catalyst layer, the intermediate layer and the second catalyst layer are arranged on each other in this order, such that in lean state of exhaust gas, O 2 and NO pass through the second catalyst layer and intermediate layer to reach the first catalyst layer, wherein a total loading amount of the first catalyst layer, the second catalyst layer and the intermediate layer is no more than 450 g/L per unit volume of the support for the catalyst, and wherein a loading amount of the first catalyst layer is 50 g/L to 400 g/L, a loading amount of the the second catalyst layer is 10 g/L to 100 g/L and a loading amount of the intermediate layer is 10 g/L to 100 g/L per unit volume of the support for the catalyst. a first catalyst layer formed in direct contact with a support for the catalyst, the first catalyst layer consisting of Pt and a support material for the Pt, wherein the first catalyst layer is adapted to capture NOx, wherein the support material for the Pt is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of CeO 2, ZrO 2, Al 2 O 3 and complex oxides including Ce and Zr, wherein a loading amount of the Pt is 0,1 g/L to 20 g/L per unit volume of the support for the catalyst; a second catalyst layer consisting of one at least one kind of zeolite selected from the group consisting of β-type zeolite, MFI-type zeolite, Y-type zeolite, SZR-type zeolite and FER-type zeolite, and an inorganic binder, wherein the zeolite is ion-exchanged zeolite arrived at by performing ion-exchanged treatment with at least one kind selected from the group consisting of H, Fe, Cu, V, Cs and Ag, wherein the second catalyst layer is adapted to capture HC; and an intermediate layer formed between the first catalyst layer and the second catalyst layer; the intermediate layer consisting of Rh and a support material for the Rh, wherein the support material for the Rh is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of CeO 2, ZrO 2, and complex oxides including Ce and Zr, wherein the intermediate layer is adapted to reduce NOx, wherein a loading amount of the Rh is 0,1 g/L to 20 g/L per unit volume of the support for the catalyst, wherein the first catalyst layer, the intermediate layer and the second catalyst layer are arranged on each other in this order, such that in lean state of exhaust gas, O 2 and NO pass through the second catalyst layer and intermediate layer to reach the first catalyst layer, wherein a total loading amount of the first catalyst layer, the second catalyst layer and the intermediate layer is no more than 450 g/L per unit volume of the support for the catalyst, and wherein a loading amount of the first catalyst layer is 50 g/L to 400 g/L, a loading amount of the the second catalyst layer is 10 g/L to 100 g/L and a loading amount of the intermediate layer is 10 g/L to 100 g/L per unit volume of the support for the catalyst.