A display device comprising: a display portion configured to line-sequentially display, in an image display region, a first image based on a left-eye image signal and a second image based on a right-eye image signal, by sequentially switching between the first image and the second image at a predetermined interval, to display a stereoscopic image, wherein the display portion is configured to perform continuous scanning to write the first image twice before switching to the second image and to write the second image twice before switching to the first image; a control portion configured to generate a signal for controlling a shutter-open period during which light from the display portion is allowed to enter the eyes of a viewer, the shutter-open period being shorter than the predetermined interval, shutter-open periods extending, respectively, over the end of the second writing of the first image and the start of the first writing of the subsequent second image and over the end of the second writing of the second image and the start of the first writing of the subsequent first image, and the shutter-open periods coincide with respective time periods when the central part of the display region in the writing direction has had time to attain the desired luminance for the central region for the image whose writing ends during the shutter-open period but the luminance has not yet been affected by the subsequent image whose writing begins during the shutter-open period, but at a second region of the display portion, that is written before the central region, the luminance is already being affected by the subsequent image whose writing starts in the shutter-open period, and in a third region that is written after said central region the luminance has not had time to attain the desired luminance for the third region for the image whose writing ends during the shutter-open period; and a drive compensation portion configured to perform drive compensation on the left-eye image signal to be displayed at the second region of the display portion, in accordance with a position of the second region in the writing direction, the left-eye image signal and the subsequent right-eye image signal, and to perform compensation processing on the right-eye image signal to be displayed at the second region of the display portion, in accordance with a position of the second region in the writing direction, the right-eye image signal and the subsequent left-eye image signal, said drive compensation reducing the deviation between an average displayed luminance of said second region during said shutter-open period and a desired luminance of said second region for the image whose writing ends during the shutter-open period. a display portion configured to line-sequentially display, in an image display region, a first image based on a left-eye image signal and a second image based on a right-eye image signal, by sequentially switching between the first image and the second image at a predetermined interval, to display a stereoscopic image, wherein the display portion is configured to perform continuous scanning to write the first image twice before switching to the second image and to write the second image twice before switching to the first image; a control portion configured to generate a signal for controlling a shutter-open period during which light from the display portion is allowed to enter the eyes of a viewer, the shutter-open period being shorter than the predetermined interval, shutter-open periods extending, respectively, over the end of the second writing of the first image and the start of the first writing of the subsequent second image and over the end of the second writing of the second image and the start of the first writing of the subsequent first image, and the shutter-open periods coincide with respective time periods when the central part of the display region in the writing direction has had time to attain the desired luminance for the central region for the image whose writing ends during the shutter-open period but the luminance has not yet been affected by the subsequent image whose writing begins during the shutter-open period, but at a second region of the display portion, that is written before the central region, the luminance is already being affected by the subsequent image whose writing starts in the shutter-open period, and in a third region that is written after said central region the luminance has not had time to attain the desired luminance for the third region for the image whose writing ends during the shutter-open period; and a drive compensation portion configured to perform drive compensation on the left-eye image signal to be displayed at the second region of the display portion, in accordance with a position of the second region in the writing direction, the left-eye image signal and the subsequent right-eye image signal, and to perform compensation processing on the right-eye image signal to be displayed at the second region of the display portion, in accordance with a position of the second region in the writing direction, the right-eye image signal and the subsequent left-eye image signal, said drive compensation reducing the deviation between an average displayed luminance of said second region during said shutter-open period and a desired luminance of said second region for the image whose writing ends during the shutter-open period.