| 摘要 |
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a polarizing plate which includes a thin, optically anisotropic layer, and which resists degraded performance as a polarizer, even when the optically anisotropic layer is produced by arranging a liquid crystalline compound on the polarizer, without interposing a transparent support; and an image display device employing the same. This polarizing plate has a polarizer having iodine, and a first optically anisotropic layer that includes at least one type of lyotropic liquid crystalline compound. The thickness of the first optically anisotropic layer is 10 μm or less, and the degree of polarization P (%) of the polarizer satisfies the following expression (1-1). The first optically anisotropic layer is arranged on the polarizer, without interposing a transparent support. Expression (1-1) 99.97 ≦ P ≦ 100 |
