Method for manufacturing ceramic member

A ceramic member in which the metal layers with high void ratio are sufficiently sintered is produced by a method which comprises a step of forming a stacked compact from a plurality of metallic paste layers containing a metal component M that are stacked one on another via ceramic green sheets followed by a step of firing the stacked compact, wherein at least one of said metallic paste layers is formed as a metallic paste layer that has the mass percentage X lower than that of the metallic paste layers that adjoin on both sides in the stacking direction, the mass percentage X being the proportion of the metal component M to the total metal content in the metallic paste layer.