Abstract: A discharge lamp with high radiance in which constant feed of the emitter to the electrode tip is achieved, in which a good electron emission characteristic is maintained, and which has electrodes by which stable operation over a long time is maintained is obtained in a discharge lamp which has a translucent vessel which is hermetically closed and contains a pair of opposite electrodes that are electrically connected via hermetically sealed areas by at least one of the electrodes being made of a metal with a high melting point that has a hermetically sealed chamber that contains an emitter and a space which is not filled with the emitter.