Patent ID: 7738065

Claim:
A polarizing plate provided with optical compensation layers comprising a polarizer, a first optical compensation layer, and a second optical compensation layer in the stated order, and functioning as a circularly polarizing plate or an elliptically polarizing plate, wherein: the first optical compensation layer contains a resin having an absolute value of photoelastic coefficient of 2×10 −11 m 2 /N or less, and has a relationship of nx>ny=nz and an in-plane retardation Re l of 100 to 170 nm; the second optical compensation layer is formed of a cholesteric alignment fixed layer having a selective reflection wavelength region of 350 nm or less, and has a relationship of nx=ny>nz, an in-plane retardation Re 2 of 0 to 50 nm, and a thickness direction retardation Rth 2 of 30 to 400 nm; and an absorption axis of the polarizer and a slow axis of the first optical compensation layer form an angle of 25° to 65°.