A vehicle periphery monitoring device comprising: an image acquisition unit for obtaining a surrounding image of a vehicle captured by a photographing device mounted on the vehicle; an obstacle detection unit for detecting an obstacle present around the vehicle and its position; a traveling state detection unit for detecting a traveling state of the vehicle; and a predicted path line generation unit for generating a predicted path line based on the traveling state of the vehicle detected at the traveling state detection unit, characterized by further comprising: a highlighted display determination unit for determining highlighted display of a partial area including the obstacle of a predicted path area when the obstacle is present within the predicted path area defined by the predicted path line; and a display control unit for superimposing the predicted path line and the highlighted display on the surrounding image and displaying the superimposed image on a monitor device mounted in the interior of the vehicle, wherein the highlighted display is provided for each of a plurality of partial areas, including the obstacle, divided from the predicted path area at least in a perspective direction in advance, by semitransparent coloring in the respective partial area or highlighting at least part of a contour of the respective partial area. an image acquisition unit for obtaining a surrounding image of a vehicle captured by a photographing device mounted on the vehicle; an obstacle detection unit for detecting an obstacle present around the vehicle and its position; a traveling state detection unit for detecting a traveling state of the vehicle; and a predicted path line generation unit for generating a predicted path line based on the traveling state of the vehicle detected at the traveling state detection unit, characterized by further comprising: a highlighted display determination unit for determining highlighted display of a partial area including the obstacle of a predicted path area when the obstacle is present within the predicted path area defined by the predicted path line; and a display control unit for superimposing the predicted path line and the highlighted display on the surrounding image and displaying the superimposed image on a monitor device mounted in the interior of the vehicle, wherein the highlighted display is provided for each of a plurality of partial areas, including the obstacle, divided from the predicted path area at least in a perspective direction in advance, by semitransparent coloring in the respective partial area or highlighting at least part of a contour of the respective partial area. a highlighted display determination unit for determining highlighted display of a partial area including the obstacle of a predicted path area when the obstacle is present within the predicted path area defined by the predicted path line; and a display control unit for superimposing the predicted path line and the highlighted display on the surrounding image and displaying the superimposed image on a monitor device mounted in the interior of the vehicle, wherein the highlighted display is provided for each of a plurality of partial areas, including the obstacle, divided from the predicted path area at least in a perspective direction in advance, by semitransparent coloring in the respective partial area or highlighting at least part of a contour of the respective partial area. <EOS>