Patent ID: 8269928

Claim:
A polarizing plate comprising; a transparent protective film; a polarizer; and an optical compensation layer, wherein the transparent protective film, the polarizer, and the optical compensation layer are laminated in this order, a moisture percentage of the polarizing plate is 2.8% by mass or less, the optical compensation layer comprises a retardation film, the retardation film contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of norbornene resins, cellulose resins, polyvinyl acetal resins, polyimide resins, polyester resins, and polycarbonate resins, and the optical compensation layer shows an optical property represented by the following formula (I); nx>ny>nz (I) where in the formula (I), nx, ny, and nz show refractive indices in an X-axis direction, a Y-axis direction, and a Z-axis direction respectively in the optical compensation layer, the X-axis direction is an axial direction that shows a maximum refractive index in a plane of the optical compensation layer, the Y-axis direction is an axial direction that is perpendicular to the X-axis direction in the plane, and the Z-axis direction is a thickness direction that is perpendicular to the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction.