Liquid crystal display element and liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display element, comprising a pair of transparent substrates and a liquid crystal layer provided between the pair of transparent substrates,

• one of the pair of transparent substrates being provided with:
• scanning lines;
• signal lines orthogonal to the scanning lines;
• driving elements connected with the signal lines and the scanning lines;
• transparent pixel electrodes provided at a layer above a layer at which the scanning lines and the signal lines are provided, the transparent pixel electrodes being connected with the driving elements;
• and
• a transparent common electrode,
• the transparent common electrode being provided at a layer between (i) the scanning lines and the signal lines and (ii) the transparent pixel electrodes,
• the transparent common electrode covering a location which faces at least one of at least a part of the scanning lines and at least a part of the signal lines,
• the transparent common electrode having openings at locations facing the transparent pixel electrodes, respectively, and
• the transparent common electrode having a cutout section at a pixel boundary region in such a manner that the cutout section exists at least at a part of the pixel boundary region which part does not face the transparent pixel electrodes, the pixel boundary region being a region between adjacent ones of the transparent pixel electrodes which ones are adjacent in a signal line direction, the other of the pair of transparent substrates being provided with a counter electrode.