Light Emitting Device

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,
• wherein said light emitting device emits light with color temperature in a range from 4,000 K to 5,000 K 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 100:15 to 100:150, 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.