To provide a paper holder in which paper can be cut by being lifted upwards and liquid used for cutting lasts for a long time.

A toilet paper holder 1 is provided with a storage part 29 opened at an upper part and a freely openable and closable lid body 2 covering the storage part 29. To the lid body 2, a cutter unit 15 is attached so as to follow the front end edge. A cutter 16 and a water-containing material 17 are arranged in two layers inside the cover 18 of the cutter unit 15 and the paper is dissolved and cut at a blade part 24. At the side part of the storage part 29, a tank 12b provided with a water sucking column 13b for sucking water is arranged. The water sucking material 17 of the cutter unit 15 and the upper surface of the water sucking column 13b are constituted so as to be in contact with each other only in the state of closing the lid body 2, and at that time, the water inside the tank 12b is supplied to the cutter unit 15.