Polymerizable composition showing liquid-crystal phase and optically anisotropic object made with the same

A polymerizable composition which displays a liquid crystal phase, comprising a liquid crystalline backbone with two or more ring structures and a compound (I) with a partial structure represented by a general formula

• P1—S1—A1—D1—E2—(Y1—F1)n—Y2—G1—
• wherein P1 represents a polymerizable functional group;
• S1 represents a linkage chain selected from a group consisting of —(CH2)w—, —O(CH2)w—, —(CH2)wO—, —(CH2)wC(═O)O—, —(CH2)wOC(═O)—, —C(═O)O(CH2)w— and —OC(═O)(CH2)w— (wherein w represents an integer from 1 to 20);
• A1 and E2 each represent, independently, either one of a hydrocarbon ring and a hetero ring, although E2 is a ring incorporated within said liquid crystalline backbone;
• and D1 represents a linkage chain selected from a group consisting of —C(═O)—O—(CH2)m—O—, —O(CH2)m—O—C(═O)—, —O—C(═O)—(CH2)m—O—, and —O(CH2)m—C(═O)—O— (wherein m represents an integer from 1 to 15);
• E2, F1 , and G1 each represent, independently, a ring structure selected from a group consisting of
• (wherein p represents an integer of 1 to 4);
• Y1 and Y2 each represent, independently, a linkage group selected from a group consisting of a single bond, —CH2CH2—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —C(═O)O—, —OC(═O)—, —C≡C—, —CH═CH—, —CF═CF—, —(CH2)4—, —CH2CH2CH2O—, —OCH2CH2CH2—, —CH═CH—CH2CH2—, —CH2CH2—CH═CH—, —CH═CH—C(═O)O— and —OC(═O)—CH═CH—;
• and
• n represents an integer from 0 to 3.