>>91830499Touhou is a Japanese "bullet hell" game originally released in the mid-1990s, and which grew in popularity as years went by, and new games were released. The "modern era" starts with Touhou 6 (around the year 2000) which introduced the modern style of the game, many beloved characters, and memorable music.
The protagonists of the game are women who fight against other female characters, so fans of the game have their favorites, and have created an endless amount of fan content, including physical merchandise like plushies.
So "a touhou" in this context is any character from the Touhou games. Cirno is a popular character from Touhou 6, she's an ice fairy.
The word Touhou 東方 has a straight forward translation, it means "eastern direction" or "the Orient".
