Electrophoretic element and display device

An electrophoretic element comprising:

• a first substrate and a second substrate that face each other;
• an electrophoretic layer that is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate;
• and
• a plurality of pixels that are arrayed in a matrix having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and each of which includes an opening region through which light passes from the electrophoretic layer toward a front surface side, wherein
• a partition wall that is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and partitions the electrophoretic layer into individual pixels is further included,
• the first substrate includes, in each of the plurality of pixels, at least three electrodes to which mutually different potentials are capable of being applied,
• the partition wall includes a first part positioned between two pixels that are adjacent along one direction of a row direction and a column direction and a second part positioned between two pixels that are adjacent along the other direction of the row direction and the column direction, and
• in a case where one of two pixels that are adjacent via the first part of the partition wall is set as a first pixel and the other is set as a second pixel,
• the first part of the partition wall at least partially covers each of a pair of electrodes, which is composed of one electrode of at least three electrodes of the first pixel and one electrode of at least three electrodes of the second pixel.