-------
        dict
            Properties for styling tick elements added to the axis.

        Notes
        -----
        This method returns the appearance parameters for styling *new*
        elements added to this axis and may be different from the values
        on current elements if they were modified directly by the user
        (e.g., via ``set_*`` methods on individual tick objects).

        Examples
        --------
        ::

            >>> ax.yaxis.set_tick_params(labelsize=30, labelcolor='red',
                                         direction='out', which='major')
            >>> ax.yaxis.get_tick_params(which='major')
            {'direction': 'out',
            'left': True,
            'right': False,
            'labelleft': True,
            'labelright': False,
            'gridOn': False,
            'labelsize': 30,
            'labelcolor': 'red'}
            >>> ax.yaxis.get_tick_params(which='minor')
            {'left': True,
            'right': False,
            'labelleft': True,
            'labelright': False,
            'gridOn': False}


        r#