To provide a holding frame which permits attaining a low cost and, further, holding a display panel safely and surely.

An upper frame 2 is composed of a base part 2a, an edge part 2b and a side wall 2c. The base part 2a forms a picture frame-like shape which continues in the peripheral direction. The base part 2a has four inner peripheral sides IL and the edge part 2b is disposed extendedly from the inner peripheral sides IL. The edge part 2b is bent in the direction that the liquid crystal display panel 4 is disposed with respect to the base part 2a, in other words, in the direction that the liquid crystal display panel 4 is pressed in the state that the edge part 2b does not press the liquid crystal display panel 4. In relation to the side wall 2c, the edge part 2b makes an acute angle with the side wall 2c. The side wall 2c hangs approximately vertically from the outer peripheral sides OL of the base part 2a and continues in the peripheral direction.