Patent ID: 8623476

Claim:
A polarizing element, comprising: a transparent support; a light absorption anisotropic layer formed of a dichroic dye composition; and a transparent resin cured layer formed of a composition containing a disk-like liquid crystalline compound, with the light absorption anisotropic layer and the transparent resin cured layer being laminated in this order on the transparent support, and with the dichroic dye composition containing at least one dichroic dye which is represented by formula (I) and which has nematic mesomorphism, but containing no liquid crystalline achromatic compound: wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R 5 and R 6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group which may have a substituent; L 1 represents —N═N—, —CH═N—, —N═CH—, —C(═O)O—, —OC(═O)— or —CH═CH—; A 1 represents a phenyl group, a naphthyl group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, each of which may have a substituent; B 1 represents a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a divalent aromatic heterocyclic group, each of which may have a substituent; and n denotes an integer from 1 to 5, in which when n is 2 or more, plural B 1 s may be the same or different from each other.