A liquid crystal element comprising: a first substrate ; a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate ; a first pixel electrode corresponding to a first pixel region arranged on the surface of the first substrate on the second substrate side; a second pixel electrode corresponding to a second pixel region arranged on the first substrate on the second substrate side; a common electrode arranged on the first substrate side of the second substrate ; and a liquid crystal layer arranged between (i) a group of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode on the first substrate and (ii) the common electrode on the second substrate , wherein the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are provided on different layers on the first substrate , and their ends are arranged so as to partially overlap each other in a plan view, wherein the first pixel electrode is arranged on the first substrate and closer to the first substrate than the second pixel electrode , wherein the liquid crystal element further comprises a liquid crystal driving device which is electrically connected to the first pixel electrode , the second pixel electrode , and the common electrode , and is configured to apply a voltage between the first pixel electrode and the common electrode and between the second pixel electrode and the common electrode , and characterized in that , the liquid crystal driving device is configured to set a first voltage which is applied between the first pixel electrode and the common electrode to be higher than a second voltage which is applied between the second pixel electrode and the common electrode while the first pixel region and the second pixel region are set to have the same gradation. a first substrate ; a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate ; a first pixel electrode corresponding to a first pixel region arranged on the surface of the first substrate on the second substrate side; a second pixel electrode corresponding to a second pixel region arranged on the first substrate on the second substrate side; a common electrode arranged on the first substrate side of the second substrate ; and a liquid crystal layer arranged between (i) a group of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode on the first substrate and (ii) the common electrode on the second substrate , wherein the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are provided on different layers on the first substrate , and their ends are arranged so as to partially overlap each other in a plan view, wherein the first pixel electrode is arranged on the first substrate and closer to the first substrate than the second pixel electrode , wherein the liquid crystal element further comprises a liquid crystal driving device which is electrically connected to the first pixel electrode , the second pixel electrode , and the common electrode , and is configured to apply a voltage between the first pixel electrode and the common electrode and between the second pixel electrode and the common electrode , and characterized in that , the liquid crystal driving device is configured to set a first voltage which is applied between the first pixel electrode and the common electrode to be higher than a second voltage which is applied between the second pixel electrode and the common electrode while the first pixel region and the second pixel region are set to have the same gradation. <EOS>