To provide a projector that suppresses a decline in a contrast ratio.

In a projector, a rotational angle φ₀ of an alignment axis 49 of a liquid crystal layer, a rotational angle φ₁ of a transmission axis 29 of an incident side polarizer, a rotational angle φ₂ of a transmission axis 33 of a wire grid element, and a rotational angle φ₃ of a transmission axis 36 of an emission side polarizer, with respect to a rotational angle of each axis from a reference direction on a reference plane when projecting on the reference plane orthogonal to a thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer, satisfy all of expressions: expression(1);44°≤φ₀-φ₂<45°or 45°<φ₀-φ₂≤46°, expression(2);f1≤φ₁≤f2, f1=0.191×φ₂²+0.986×φ₂-14.435, f2=-0.191×φ₂²+0.986×φ₂+14.435, and expression(3); g1≤φ₁≤g2, g1=0.064×φ₃³+0.841×φ₃³+1.525×φ₃³-1.46, g2=0.064×φ₃³-0.841×φ₃³+1.525×φ₃³+1.46.