To provide an electroluminescent device that is operable over a wide range from low luminance corresponding to a display apparatus, such as a display, to high luminance corresponding to, for example, a lighting apparatus or an exposure apparatus used for an image forming apparatus, is stably operable over the wide range of luminance, and has a satisfactory operating life characteristic even if the electroluminescent device has emitted light with high luminance, a display apparatus, an exposure apparatus, and a lighting apparatus using the same, an electroluminescent device includes a light emitting portion 5 having at least p-type semiconductor particles 10 and n-type semiconductor particles 11, and emission centers are provided in at least a type of semiconductor particles of the p-type semiconductor particles and the n-type semiconductor particles.