A light shielding blade including a laminate in which a resin layer is sandwiched between two metal base materials, wherein the two metal base materials each have a specific rigidity of 20×106 [Pa·m3/kg] or more and a specific bending rigidity of 1.0 [Pa1/3·m3/kg] or more, and wherein the resin layer has an elastic modulus of 1 GPa or more and a thickness of 65 μm or less.