Light-emitting material and light-emitting element

A light-emitting material including a matrix section and light-emitting sections dispersed and buried in the matrix section, said matrix section comprising a first material, said light-emitting sections comprising a second material showing a eutectic relationship with the first material,

• wherein said first and second materials are any one of the combinations selected from magnesium oxide and an oxide of a rare earth element, nickel oxide and an oxide of a rare earth element, vanadium oxide and a vanadium composite oxide containing a rare earth element, and silicon oxide and a silicon composite oxide containing a rare earth element, and
• wherein said light-emitting sections contain an activator.