<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a porous article capable of sufficiently retaining sowing cells through the center of the porous article and to provide a method capable of producing the porous article. <;P>;SOLUTION: The porous article is characterized in that passages for sowing cells linked from the surface to the central part are formed in the shape of a matrix. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT