diff --git a/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/core.py b/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/core.py
index 57caa05048a60..ed2bec76f6ebd 100644
--- a/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/core.py
+++ b/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/core.py
@@ -1663,17 +1663,26 @@ def _kind(self) -> Literal["bar", "barh"]:
     def orientation(self) -> PlottingOrientation:
         return "vertical"
 
-    def __init__(self, data, **kwargs) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        data,
+        *,
+        align="center",
+        bottom=0,
+        left=0,
+        width=0.5,
+        position=0.5,
+        log=False,
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -> None:
         # we have to treat a series differently than a
         # 1-column DataFrame w.r.t. color handling
         self._is_series = isinstance(data, ABCSeries)
-        self.bar_width = kwargs.pop("width", 0.5)
-        pos = kwargs.pop("position", 0.5)
-        kwargs.setdefault("align", "center")
+        self.bar_width = width
+        self._align = align
+        self._position = position
         self.tick_pos = np.arange(len(data))
 
-        bottom = kwargs.pop("bottom", 0)
-        left = kwargs.pop("left", 0)
         if is_list_like(bottom):
             bottom = np.array(bottom)
         if is_list_like(left):
@@ -1681,24 +1690,36 @@ def __init__(self, data, **kwargs) -> None:
         self.bottom = bottom
         self.left = left
 
-        self.log = kwargs.pop("log", False)
+        self.log = log
+
         MPLPlot.__init__(self, data, **kwargs)
 
+    @cache_readonly
+    def ax_pos(self) -> np.ndarray:
+        return self.tick_pos - self.tickoffset
+
+    @cache_readonly
+    def tickoffset(self):
         if self.stacked or self.subplots:
-            self.tickoffset = self.bar_width * pos
-            if kwargs["align"] == "edge":
-                self.lim_offset = self.bar_width / 2
-            else:
-                self.lim_offset = 0
-        elif kwargs["align"] == "edge":
+            return self.bar_width * self._position
+        elif self._align == "edge":
             w = self.bar_width / self.nseries
-            self.tickoffset = self.bar_width * (pos - 0.5) + w * 0.5
-            self.lim_offset = w * 0.5
+            return self.bar_width * (self._position - 0.5) + w * 0.5
         else:
-            self.tickoffset = self.bar_width * pos
-            self.lim_offset = 0
+            return self.bar_width * self._position
 
-        self.ax_pos = self.tick_pos - self.tickoffset
+    @cache_readonly
+    def lim_offset(self):
+        if self.stacked or self.subplots:
+            if self._align == "edge":
+                return self.bar_width / 2
+            else:
+                return 0
+        elif self._align == "edge":
+            w = self.bar_width / self.nseries
+            return w * 0.5
+        else:
+            return 0
 
     # error: Signature of "_plot" incompatible with supertype "MPLPlot"
     @classmethod
@@ -1749,6 +1770,7 @@ def _make_plot(self, fig: Figure) -> None:
                 start = 1
             start = start + self._start_base
 
+            kwds["align"] = self._align
             if self.subplots:
                 w = self.bar_width / 2
                 rect = self._plot(