Miniaturization, reduce the cost in the United States Patent endoscope. An endoscope, the insertion portion of the tip portion 15, an imaging device 33 for imaging surface 41 is covered with the element cover glass 43, a lens 93 for focusing incident light from an object on an imaging plane 41, lens 93 and the adhesive resin 37 for fixing the element cover glass 43, four wires 45 connected to each of the four conductor connecting portion 49 and the imaging surface 41 is provided on the opposite side of the imaging element 33 a transmission cable 31 having, having, imaging device 33 is 4 n prismatic vertical cross section with respect to the optical axis of the lens (n is a natural number), and 4 wires 45 includes an imaging element It is connected to the four conductor connecting portion 49 disposed at the four corners of the rear end face of 4 n square 33.FIELD 13【課題】内視鏡において小型化、コスト低減を図る。【解決手段】内視鏡は、挿入部の先端部15に、撮像面41が素子カバーガラス43によって覆われる撮像素子33と、被写体からの入射光を撮像面41に結像するレンズ93と、レンズ93と素子カバーガラス43とを固定する接着用樹脂37と、撮像素子33の撮像面41と反対側の面に設けられた4つの導体接続部49のそれぞれに接続される4本の電線45を有する伝送ケーブル31と、を有し、撮像素子33は、レンズの光軸に対して垂直方向の断面形状が4×n角形(nは自然数)であり、4本の電線45は、撮像素子33の4×n角形の後端面の四隅に配置された4つの導体接続部49にそれぞれ接続される。【選択図】図13
