PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the occurrence of an installation error by easily confirming the front and rear just before installation when installing an absorptive article by himself. SOLUTION: This absorptive article has a liquid permeable top sheet 1, a liquid impermeable back sheet 2, and an absorbent 3 arranged between these sheets, and is used in combination with a cover means for covering the outside. Front-rear expressing layers 10, 10, etc., are directly formed on a surface of the liquid permeable top sheet 1 for constituting an article inside surface.