rows and even rows are constituted by matrices being entirely independent of each other this embodiment is characterized in that a plurality of row electrodes such as s 1 s 2 s 1 s 2 are electrically connected in every other row and taken as a bundle externally in display of n rows and m columns when such electrode arrangement is adopted display elements of n 2 rows and m columns of even or odd are taken by electrodes of n 2 m rows and m m columns thereby the electrode number hence effective number of time division may be reduced where m represents the connecting number of row electrodes and m 2 in this embodiment also in this embodiment of course up and down taking manner as shown in fig6 is possible and display elements are composed of four independent matrices of n 4 rows and m columns the number of taking electrodes becomes n 4 m rows and m columns feature of the embodiment of fig8 is in column electrodes d a 0 d a 1 d a 2 d a 3 these group column electrodes drive display elements at both adjacent columns alternately per one phase although other column electrodes correspond to display elements on the same columns in such electrode arrangement crossing of column electrodes is unnecessary and the electrode number becomes minimum as above described the present invention enables display in interlaced scanning using special electrode arrangement without necessitating a memory and has effects that multiplicity in the wiring may.