'Init the axis with the parent Axes instance'

def __init__(self, axes, pickradius=15):

    artist.Artist.__init__(self)
    self.set_figure(axes.figure)
    self.isDefault_majloc = True
    self.isDefault_minloc = True
    self.isDefault_majfmt = True
    self.isDefault_minfmt = True
    self.isDefault_label = True
    self.axes = axes
    self.major = Ticker()
    self.minor = Ticker()
    self.callbacks = cbook.CallbackRegistry()
    self._autolabelpos = True
    self._smart_bounds = False
    self.label = self._get_label()
    self.labelpad = rcParams[u'axes.labelpad']
    self.offsetText = self._get_offset_text()
    self.majorTicks = []
    self.minorTicks = []
    self.unit_data = None
    self.pickradius = pickradius
    self._major_tick_kw = dict()
    self._minor_tick_kw = dict()
    self.cla()
    self._set_scale(u'linear')
