PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a water-in-oil type emulsion cosmetic with excellent emulsion stability and use feeling suitable for applications for whitening and sunscreen while suppressing precipitation of crystals derived from zinc oxide and maintaining a high ultraviolet protection effect.SOLUTION: There is provided a water-in-oil type emulsion cosmetic which comprises the following components (A) to (E): (A) a rhododendrol represented by the following general formula (1) and a derivative thereof (wherein, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an acyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms or a group selected from residues of monosaccharides and disaccharides except for a hemiacetal-hydroxy group bonded to an anomer carbon atom of a saccharide) (B) a lipophilic polyglycerin fatty acid ester: (C) a volatile silicone (D) an ester of an aliphatic mono- or di-carboxylic acid and an alcohol having 1 to 24 carbon atoms (E) 5 mass% or more and 20 mass% of less of zinc oxide based on the total amount of the cosmetic.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】酸化亜鉛由来の結晶の析出を抑え、高い紫外線防御効果を維持しつつ、優れた乳化安定性と使用感を示す美白及び日焼け止め用用途に適した油中水型乳化化粧料の提供。【解決手段】下記成分(A)~(E)を含有する油中水型乳化化粧料。(A)下記一般式(1)で示されるロドデンドロール又はその誘導体(式中R1は、水素原子、炭素数2~20のアシル基、又は糖のアノマー炭素原子に結合するヘミアセタール水酸基を除いた単糖類及び二糖類の残基から選ばれる基を示す。)(B)親油性ポリグリセリン脂肪酸エステル(C)揮発性シリコーン(D)炭素数8~22の脂肪族モノ又はジカルボン酸と、炭素数1~24のアルコールとのエステル(E)酸化亜鉛 化粧料総量に対して5質量%以上20質量%以下【選択図】なし