Abstract: An electrochromic device having a pair of electrically conductive counter plates, an ion conductive material placed between the electrically conductive counter plates, a layer containing an electrochromic material provided in at least one of locations between the ion conductive material and the electrically conductive counter plates, at least one of the electrically conductive counter plates being a transparent electrically conductive plate having a transparent substrate and a transparent electrode disposed inside the transparent substrate, and at least one of the transparent electrically conductive plate having an ultraviolet absorbing layer containing an organic ultraviolet absorber between the transparent substrate and the transparent electrode.