Patent ID: 6917400

Claim:
A polarizing plate comprising a polarizing layer interposed between two transparent supports, wherein the polarizing plate has an optical compensative layer containing an optical anisotropic layer, on the surface of one of the transparent supports opposite to the polarizing layer, and has an anti-reflection film on the surface of the other transparent support opposite to the polarizing layer, and wherein the optical anisotropic layer comprises a compound with a discotic structure unit, disk surfaces of the discotic structure unit being inclined to the surface of the transparent support at angles changed to each other for the surface of the transparent support with respect to the direction of depth of the optical anisotropic layer, wherein the anti-reflection film comprises a low-refractive-index layer, which has a lower refractive index than that of the transparent support to which the layer is laminated and has a void percentage of 1-50% by volume.