A light emitting device comprising: an exciting light source that emits visible light in a short wavelength region; a wavelength converting member that absorbs the light emitted by said exciting light source and emits light of a wavelength longer than that of the light from said exciting light source, said wavelength converting member comprising (a) at least one fluorescent material selected from among (i) alkaline earth element halogen apatite fluorescent material, alkaline earth metal element aluminate fluorescent material, or germanate fluorescent material, activated with lanthanoid elements or transition metal elements; and (ii) rare earth element aluminate fluorescent material activated with lanthanoid elements; and (b) nitride fluorescent material that includes M, Si, Al and N and are activated with rare earth element where M is at least one element selected from among Mg, Sr, Ca and Ba, wherein said light emitting device emits light with a color temperature in the range of 4000K to 5000K and has an emission spectrum in the visible light region with a wavelength at which the light from said exciting light source has a maximum energy intensity denoted as a first wavelength, a wavelength at which the light from said wavelength converting member has a maximum energy intensity denoted as a second wavelength, a wavelength lying between the first wavelength and the second wavelength at which the light from said light emitting device has a minimum energy intensity denoted as a third wavelength, and 650 nm denoted as a fourth wavelength, such that the proportion of the energy intensity at the first wavelength to the energy intensity at the third wavelength is from 100:20 to 100:100, and the proportion of the energy intensity at the first wavelength to the energy intensity at the fourth wavelength is from 100:45 to 100:200. an exciting light source that emits visible light in a short wavelength region; a wavelength converting member that absorbs the light emitted by said exciting light source and emits light of a wavelength longer than that of the light from said exciting light source, said wavelength converting member comprising (a) at least one fluorescent material selected from among (i) alkaline earth element halogen apatite fluorescent material, alkaline earth metal element aluminate fluorescent material, or germanate fluorescent material, activated with lanthanoid elements or transition metal elements; and (ii) rare earth element aluminate fluorescent material activated with lanthanoid elements; and (b) nitride fluorescent material that includes M, Si, Al and N and are activated with rare earth element where M is at least one element selected from among Mg, Sr, Ca and Ba, wherein said light emitting device emits light with a color temperature in the range of 4000K to 5000K and has an emission spectrum in the visible light region with a wavelength at which the light from said exciting light source has a maximum energy intensity denoted as a first wavelength, a wavelength at which the light from said wavelength converting member has a maximum energy intensity denoted as a second wavelength, a wavelength lying between the first wavelength and the second wavelength at which the light from said light emitting device has a minimum energy intensity denoted as a third wavelength, and 650 nm denoted as a fourth wavelength, such that the proportion of the energy intensity at the first wavelength to the energy intensity at the third wavelength is from 100:20 to 100:100, and the proportion of the energy intensity at the first wavelength to the energy intensity at the fourth wavelength is from 100:45 to 100:200. <EOS>