Lighting device and display device

A lighting device comprising:

• light sources having light emission surfaces through which light is emitted and each of the light emission surfaces having a dimension;
• a light guide plate having outer peripheral edge surfaces and a light entering edge surface through which the light from the light sources enters and the light entering edge surface being a part of the outer peripheral edge surfaces, the dimension of each of the light emission surfaces being perpendicular to an arrangement direction in which the light sources are arranged and the dimension being greater than a thickness dimension of the light guide plate;
• and
• a light collecting member between the light sources and the light entering edge surface and including light collecting holes through which the light emitted by the light sources is collected to the light entering edge surface of the light guide plate, wherein
• each of the light collecting holes includes a light entrance surface being opposite the light sources and a light exit surface being opposite the light entering edge surface,
• the light exit surface of the each of the light collecting holes has an area that is smaller than the area of the light entrance surface,
• the light guide plate includes light guide plates and configures a light guide plate group including at least two light guide plates that are stacked on each other in the thickness direction of the light guide plate,
• the light guide plate group includes the at least two light guide plates that are stacked on each other such that light entering edge surfaces thereof face a same direction,
• the light sources configure light source rows corresponding to the light entering edge surfaces of the light guide plates, and
• the light exit surface corresponding to one light source row of the light source rows and the light exit surface corresponding to an adjacent light source row that is adjacent to the one light source row partially overlap each other in the arrangement direction in which the light sources are arranged.