<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an absorptive article for surely preventing back leakage and improving a wearing feeling by being fitted to the narrow gap of the perineal area. <;P>;SOLUTION: An absorber 4 is interposed between a liquid permeable surface sheet 3 and a back sheet 2, while a pocket sheet 12 for forming a pocket space P opened to the side of a body fluid discharge part H is provided on the upper surface side of the surface sheet 3 corresponding to the perineal area, and an elastic expansion/contraction member 13 is disposed along the longitudinal direction at the width direction center part of a sanitary napkin 1 to the pocket sheet 12. Thus, the width direction center part of the pocket sheet 12 is completely fitted to the long and narrow gap of the perineal area, and body fluid is caught and absorbed inside the pocket space P. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT