A developing apparatus includes a developing container for containing a
developer; a developer carrying member to be rotated while carrying the
developer thereon, the developer carrying member being provided in an
opening portion of the developer container; and a sealing member which
extends in a circumferential direction of the developer carrying member
in the vicinity of an end of the developer carrying member and regulates
movement of the developer toward the end of the developer carrying member
by a magnetic force, the sealing member including an arcuate portion
extended along a peripheral surface of the developer carrying member and
a non-arcuate portion disposed at an end, in the circumferential
direction, of the arcuate portion. An end surface of the arcuate portion
of the sealing member on a side where the non-arcuate portion is not
provided, is inclined such that a phantom plane including the end surface
is closer to the arcuate portion than a center of arcuation of the
arcuate portion.