Developing device, image forming method and apparatus, and process cartridge

A developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image on an image bearing member, comprising:

• a developer bearing member to bear a developer including a transparent toner and a magnetic carrier to develop the electrostatic latent image on the image bearing member with the transparent toner at a development region in which the developer bearing member is opposed to the image bearing member, wherein the transparent toner includes a resin and a lubricant, and has a viscoelastic property such that a loss tangent (tan δ), which is defined as a ratio (G″/G′) of loss modulus (G″) to storage modulus (G′), has a peak at a temperature of from 80° C. to 160° C. and the peak has a height of not less than 3;
• a developer supplying passage having a developer supplying member to feed the developer in a first direction parallel to an axial direction of the developer bearing member to supply the developer to the developer bearing member;
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• a developer feeding passage having a developer feeding member to feed at least the developer, which has passed through the development region and is fed to the developer feeding passage, in a second direction parallel to the first direction, wherein the developer feeding passage is separated with a partition from the developer supplying passage at least at a central portion thereof in the first and second directions.