'Set the text and optionally visual properties for the axis label.
Parameters
text : str
The axis label text.
minpad : float, optional
The padding for the label in terms of axis label font size.
kwargs
Keywords are passed to :class:`matplotlib.text.Text`. These
can include keywords to set the ``color``, ``size``, ``weight``, and
other text properties.'

def set_axislabel(self, text, minpad=1, **kwargs):

    self.axislabels.set_text(text)
    self.axislabels.set_minpad(minpad)
    self.axislabels.set(**kwargs)
