Abstract: A lighting system comprising converging means (1, 2) for converging a light emitted from an illuminant to form a converged image, a light mixing element 3 for having an end face of incidence 31 near the position at which the converged image is formed, and reducing an irregular luminance of the converged image of the illuminant to form a uniform light source face on an end face of emergence 32, and an optical system for transmission for directing an illuminating light flux from the plane of light emergence onto the illuminated face 5 side in a non-telecentric state, a first lens group 45 and a second lens group 46 being arranged in order from the light mixing element 3 side to the illuminated face 5 side of a light bulb, in which a first optical conjugate relation exists between the end face of incidence 31 of the light mixing element 3 and a virtual face at a position of a aperture stop 6 disposed in the vicinity of a lens means final face closest to the illuminated face constituting the second lens group in