A cold cathode tube lamp is fed with power from a first conductive member
and a second conductive member provided outside in a mounted state, and
includes a glass tube, first and second internal electrodes provided
inside the glass tube, a first external electrode provided outside the
glass tube and connected to the first internal electrode, a second
external electrode provided outside the glass tube and connected to the
second internal electrode, a first insulating layer coated on the first
external electrode, and a second insulating layer coated on the second
external electrode. In a mounted state, the first conductive member and
the first external electrode are capacitively coupled together, and the
second conductive member and the second external electrode are
capacitively coupled together. With such a structure, parallel lighting
can be achieved by parallel driving.