Image stabilization device

An image stabilization device comprising a movable portion including an image pickup device or an image pickup lens and a VCM driving portion configured to drive the movable portion relative to a fixed portion using a coil and a driving magnet, the image stabilization device comprising:

• a position detection element arranged on one of the movable portion and the fixed portion;
• and
• paired position detection magnets arranged at positions facing the position detection element and arranged on another of the movable portion and the fixed portion;
• wherein
• the paired position detection magnets are a first magnet and a second magnet arranged so that different magnetic poles face a surface of the position detection element;
• the first magnet and the second magnet are arranged in order along a direction away from an optical axis at a center of a light flux incident on the image pick device or the image pickup lens;
• and
• magnitudes of densities of magnetic fluxes reaching the surface of the position detection element from the first magnet and the second magnet, respectively, are mutually different.