Abstract: Light from an EL backlight is used effectively without a condensing unit such as a lens sheet. A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel provided with multiple openings allowing adjustable in light transference quantity and an EL backlight being an approximate size of the liquid crystal display panel and irradiating the liquid crystal display panel from the back. Concave luminous parts respectively corresponding to the openings are formed in a luminous layer of the EL backlight. Light generated in the concave luminous part is repeatedly reflected by an inner wall of the concave luminous part and then goes out along the central axis of the concave luminous part, therefore, the light has a strong directivity to the opening corresponding to the concave luminous part.