A liquid crystal display device (1, 31, 35) comprising: an array substrate provided with liquid crystal drive elements (18a, 18b), forming a plurality of polygonal pixels having a polygonal shape in which at least two edges thereof are parallel in a planar view, each of the plurality of polygonal pixels having two pixel electrodes (9a, 9b) arranged to have line symmetry with respect to a pixel center line, extended in a longitudinal direction where the pixel electrodes extend, that divides the respective polygonal pixel in the longitudinal direction, and each of the plurality of polygonal pixels having a side edge portion; a liquid crystal layer; a counter substrate (4, 33) including a first transparent substrate, a first light shielding layer formed on the first transparent substrate to form a plurality of openings corresponding to a plurality of polygonal pixels in a planar view and located at the side edge portions of the plurality of polygonal pixels, a transparent resin layer formed on the first transparent substrate upon which the first light shielding layer is formed and a second light shielding layer formed on the transparent resin layer, the counter substrate (4, 33) facing the array substrate via the liquid crystal layer; and a backlight unit (22, 26) provided at an opposite side of the array substrate with respect to a portion at which the liquid crystal layer is arranged, characterized in that the center line of a first linear pattern included in the first light shielding layer, passing through the center locations in the longitudinal direction of the first linear pattern having a line width extended in a direction where the first linear pattern extends, and a center line of a second linear pattern included in the second light shielding layer, passing through the center locations in the longitudinal direction of the second linear pattern having a line width and extended in a direction where the second linear pattern extends, are overlapped at the side edge portions of the plurality of polygonal pixels in a planar view; and the line width of the first linear pattern and the line width of the second linear pattern are different from each other. an array substrate provided with liquid crystal drive elements (18a, 18b), forming a plurality of polygonal pixels having a polygonal shape in which at least two edges thereof are parallel in a planar view, each of the plurality of polygonal pixels having two pixel electrodes (9a, 9b) arranged to have line symmetry with respect to a pixel center line, extended in a longitudinal direction where the pixel electrodes extend, that divides the respective polygonal pixel in the longitudinal direction, and each of the plurality of polygonal pixels having a side edge portion; a liquid crystal layer; a counter substrate (4, 33) including a first transparent substrate, a first light shielding layer formed on the first transparent substrate to form a plurality of openings corresponding to a plurality of polygonal pixels in a planar view and located at the side edge portions of the plurality of polygonal pixels, a transparent resin layer formed on the first transparent substrate upon which the first light shielding layer is formed and a second light shielding layer formed on the transparent resin layer, the counter substrate (4, 33) facing the array substrate via the liquid crystal layer; and a backlight unit (22, 26) provided at an opposite side of the array substrate with respect to a portion at which the liquid crystal layer is arranged, characterized in that the center line of a first linear pattern included in the first light shielding layer, passing through the center locations in the longitudinal direction of the first linear pattern having a line width extended in a direction where the first linear pattern extends, and a center line of a second linear pattern included in the second light shielding layer, passing through the center locations in the longitudinal direction of the second linear pattern having a line width and extended in a direction where the second linear pattern extends, are overlapped at the side edge portions of the plurality of polygonal pixels in a planar view; and the line width of the first linear pattern and the line width of the second linear pattern are different from each other.