An artery visualization device for irradiating skin on the wrist back side with near-infrared light and forming near-infrared image of the wrist includes a placement table on which the wrist is placed, an irradiation unit including a light source emitting near-infrared light, imaging unit receiving light and forming wrist near-infrared image, the light incidents on the skin on the wrist back side and exiting from skin on the front, optical filter, and monitor. The artery visualization device includes a protrusion protruding from a placement table wrist placement surface. The protrusion compresses the back side skin on the wrist placed on the placement table from the back side, and irradiates the near-infrared light emitted from the light source to the skin on the back. The placement table includes a center placement portion and back of hand contact portion. The back of hand contact surface intersects obliquely with a wrist placement surface.
