Abstract: An electromagnetic deflection type picture tube has (a) a first field-control element which is disposed between the electron-beam emission end of an electron gun and a deflection yoke, comprising a pair of magnetic pieces disposed on the opposite sides of the path of an electron beam and being adapted to produce or introduce a barrel- or pincushion-like local field distortion which is opposite to a pincushion- or barrel-like deflection field distortion produced by the deflection yoke by introducing the rise portion of the deflection field; and (b) a second field-control element which is disposed between the electron-beam emission end of the electron gun and the first field-control element, comprising a pair of magnetic pieces disposed on the opposite sides of the path of the electron beam and being adapted to produce or introduce a pincushion- or barrel-like local field distortion which is opposite to the barrel- or pincushion-like local field distortion produced by the first field-control element.