An endoscope is provided that is hardly damaged. The endoscope includes an endoscope bending tube in which a plurality of bending pieces are connected in a row to a bending portion provided at a distal end of an insertion portion. The bending pieces 31, 32, 33 are provided at a plate-shaped portion 61 having a plurality of through holes penetrating in the thickness direction, a columnar portion protruding from the first surface of the plate-shaped portion 61, and a tip of the columnar portion. Ball portion 64 and a holding portion having a spherical shell surface corresponding to the spherical portion 64 provided on the second surface of the plate-shaped portion 61, and the adjacent bending pieces 31, 32, 33 have one curved portion. The spherical portion 64 of the other curved piece is inserted into the holding portion of the piece. [Selection diagram] FIG.【課題】内蔵物が損傷しにくい内視鏡を提供する。【解決手段】内視鏡は、挿入部の先端に設けられた湾曲部に複数の湾曲駒３１、３２、３３が一列に連結された内視鏡用湾曲管３０を有する内視鏡であって、湾曲駒３１、３２、３３は、厚さ方向に貫通する複数の貫通孔を有する板状部６１と、板状部６１の第１面から突出する柱状部と、柱状部の先端に設けられた球体部６４と、板状部６１の第２面に設けられた球体部６４に対応する球殻面を有する保持部とを備え、隣接する湾曲駒３１、３２、３３同士は、一方の湾曲駒の保持部に、他方の湾曲駒の球体部６４が挿入されている。【選択図】図３
