| abstract |
It is an object to provide a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display device with a high oblique contrast, little creeping-out light, a small oblique color shift and an extremely thin thickness. The liquid crystal panel is comprised of a cell, a first polarizer set on one side of the cell, a second polarizer set on the other side of the cell, a first optical element set between the first polarizer and the cell, a second optical element set between the first optical element and the cell, wherein the first optical element is substantially optically negative uniaxial, and the second optical element shows a refractive ellipse of nx > nz > ny and is formed by one or more kinds of polycyclic compounds having -SO3M group and/or -COOM group (M represents a counter ion). |