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An optically anisotropic layer produced from a composition comprising at least one kind of polymerizable liquid crystal compound and a photopolymerization initiator composition,

• wherein the photopolymerization initiator composition comprises at least one kind of photopolymerization initiator,
• the photopolymerization initiator composition has (i) a maximum absorption at wavelength λ(A) and (ii) a maximum absorption at wavelength λ(B), and
• the at least one kind of polymerizable liquid crystal compound and the photopolymerization initiator composition satisfy the following:
• 20 nm<λ(B)−λ max(LC) or
• 20 nm<λ max(LC)−λ(A),
• wherein λmax(LC) represents a wavelength at which the at least one kind of polymerizable liquid crystal compound has a maximum absorption,
• the at least one kind of polymerizable liquid crystal compound satisfies the following:
• 300 nm≤λ max(LC)≤380 nm,
• the at least one kind of polymerizable liquid crystal compound and the photopolymerization initiator composition satisfy the following:
• λ(A)<λ max(LC)<λ(B),
• wherein the optically anisotropic layer has an optical characteristic represented by the following Formulae (1)-(3):
• Re(450)/Re(550)≤1.00 (1)
• 1.00Re(650)/Re(550) (2)
• 100 nm<Re(550)<160 nm (3)
• wherein:
• Re(450) represents an in-plane phase difference value with respect to light having a wavelength of 450 nm;
• Re(550) represents an in-plane phase difference value with respect to light having a wavelength of 550 nm;
• and Re(650) represents an in-plane phase difference value with respect to light having a wavelength of 650 nm.