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>>36507647
>it's not even clear where to begin.

You'll get a number of different answers depending on who you ask, but personally I started with 1 (Highly Responsive to Prayers) and played them in order and I'm glad I did. Even though 6 (Embodiment of Scarlet Devil) is a soft reboot you'll enjoy some of the later games more having played the PC-98 games first (notably PoFV and UFO). The one caveat is that I wouldn't attempt to 1cc them until LLS at the earliest which is IMO the overall easiest game.

Ultimately though it's up to you, just pick a game that seems interesting or start from HRtP or EoSD and play em in order. They're mostly self contained so it's honestly not a big deal. MoF isn't a bad place to start either if you want to see Momiji.