Patent ID: 7119873

Claim:
A polarizing plate comprising: a polarizer; an optical anisotropic layer containing a liquid crystal compound; and a light-scattering layer containing a light-transmitting resin and a light-transmitting diffusing agent having a refractive index different from that of the light-transmitting resin, wherein the light-transmitting diffusing agent is dispersed in the light-transmitting resin, wherein the light-scattering layer has an inner haze value due to inner diffusion of from 30 to 95%, wherein the light-transmitting diffusing agent comprises light-transmitting fine particles having a particle size distribution having at least two peaks, wherein the difference of the refractive index of the light-transmitting fine particles and that of the light-transmitting resin is from 0.02 to 0.15, and wherein the light-scattering layer has a total haze value of 40% or more.