An endoscopic device (1) is provided with: a bendable insertion portion (10) which has an imaging mechanism on the tip portion thereof a display unit (40) which displays images acquired by an observation means an operating unit (20) which actuates the bending of the insertion portion and a housing (61) which accommodates the display unit and the operating unit on the front surface side, and to the rear surface side, opposite to the front surface, of which the insertion portion is connected. The operating unit has a reciprocable first joystick (21), and a bending mechanism (23) to which the first joystick and an operating member are connected and which moves the operating member forward and backward by the operation of the first joystick, thus bending the insertion portion. In a side view of the housing, the centre (21A) of reciprocation of the first joystick is disposed within a region (A2) delimited by the site in which the fingers of the user are located when the user holds the housing, and the tip (21B) of the first joystick protruding from the front surface side.Le dispositif dendoscope (1) de linvention est équipé : dune partie dinsertion (10) flexible qui possède un mécanisme de prise de vue sur sa partie extrémité avant dune partie affichage (40) qui affiche une image capturée à laide dun moyen dobservation dune partie maniement (20) destinée à manier de manière flexible la partie dinsertion et dun boîtier (61) dans lequel la partie affichage et une partie maniement sont logées côté face frontale, et la partie dinsertion est connectée du côté dune face arrière sopposant à la face frontale. La partie maniement possède : un premier levier de commande (21) capable dosciller et un mécanisme flexible (23) qui connecte le premier levier de commande et un élément de maniement, et qui fait fléchir la partie dinsertion par avancement/retrait de lélément de maniement au moyen dune manipulation du premier levier de commande. Selon une vue latérale du boîtier, le centre
