To provide a field emission type surface light source device and to provide an image display apparatus employing the same.

A first electrode and second electrode provided on a first substrate along a direction where they cross each other, and a third electrode provided on a second substrate are disposed in the inside sealed by the first substrate and the second substrate, and terminal parts with respect to the first electrode and the second electrode are provided on the same side of the first substrate, so that mounting the field emission type surface light source device is simplified and assembling the image display apparatus employing the field emission type surface light source device as a backlight unit is also simplified.