Medal from 28th year of Meiji (1895), a festival honoringEmperor Kanmu commemorating the 1000th anniversary of the transfer of thecapital to Heian (modern Kyoto) from Nara in 794. Kammu-tennō, 735 – 9 April806), or Kammu, was the 50th emperor of Japan, according to the traditionalorder of succession. Kammu reigned from 781 to 806, and it was during his reignthat the scope of the emperor's powers reached its peak.