Provided is a bandpass filter for a light emitting device that can improve the light emission efficiency in use for a light emitting device, and a light emitting device that can obtain the high light emission efficiency by using the bandpass filter. The light emitting device includes a substrate; a light emitting element disposed over the substrate; a phosphor-containing layer containing at least one kind of phosphor; and a bandpass filter disposed over a surface of the phosphor-containing layer on the light emitting element side, the bandpass filter including a multilayer film having a plurality of first and second dielectric layers, the second dielectric layer being disposed over the first dielectric layer. The bandpass filter has a transmittance of 60% or more for light having a light emission peak wavelength of the light emitting element at an incident angle of 0 to 85°, and another transmittance of 40% or less for light having a light emission peak wavelength of at least one kind of phosphor at an incident angle of a Brewster's angle (θb)+5° (θb+5°) to 85° of the bandpass filter.