PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope and an endoscope management system with excellent reliability and convenience in information management relating to the endoscope.SOLUTION: The endoscope is provided with plural electronic tags for wireless communication recognition with different communication specifications. Each of the electronic tags comprises a storage medium for storing information and an antenna for wirelessly communicating the information in the storage medium. Plural reader-writers with different communication specifications are provided outside the endoscope to read and write the information in the storage mediums by wirelessly communicating with the antenna of each of the electronic tags.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】内視鏡に関する情報管理の確実性と利便性に優れる内視鏡と内視鏡管理システムを得る。【解決手段】通信仕様の異なる複数の無線通信認識用の電子タグを内視鏡に備える。各電子タグは、情報を記憶する記憶媒体と該記憶媒体の情報を無線で通信するアンテナとを有しており、各電子タグのアンテナと無線で通信して記憶媒体における情報の読み取りと書き込みを行う通信仕様の異なる複数のリーダライタを内視鏡外に備える。【選択図】図１
