| abstract |
The present invention provides a polarizing plate that, when used in a liquid crystal display device, allows for the device to be made thinner and simultaneously allows for improvement in display performance, such as improvement of light-leakage prevention, color-change prevention, and suppression of display unevenness due to temperature and humidity conditions. Also provided is a liquid crystal display device. The polarizing plate according to the present invention has, in order, a first polarization element protection layer, a first polarization element, a first optically anisotropic layer that contains a liquid crystal compound (X), and a second optically anisotropic layer that contains a liquid crystal compound (Y). The thickness of the polarizing plate is 100 μm or less, the thickness of the first optically anisotropic layer is 10 μm or less, and the thickness of the second optically anisotropic layer is 10 μm or less. The first optically anisotropic layer satisfies a prescribed Re (550) and a prescribed Rth (550), and the second optically anisotropic layer satisfies a prescribed Re (550) and a prescribed Rth (550). |